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Table 4 Comparison of dosimetric parameters of OARs between IMRT, H-IMRT and H-VMAT

From: Dosimetric and radiobiological comparison of simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy for early stage right side breast cancer between three techniques: IMRT, hybrid IMRT and hybrid VMAT

Structure

Parameters

IMRT

H-IMRT

H-VMAT

p value

a

b

c

I-Lung

V5Gy (%)

32.78 ± 22.38

35.17 ± 6.05

41.50 ± 9.97

0.672

0.197

0.046

V10Gy (%)

24.19 ± 6.40

20.41 ± 3.75

19.44 ± 5.40

0.013

0.077

0.15

V20Gy (%)

14.84 ± 3.91

13.71 ± 3.14

13.47 ± 3.28

0.245

0.038

0.136

V30Gy (%)

10.38 ± 4.11

10.43 ± 2.79

10.37 ± 2.95

0.193

0.184

0.386

Dmean (Gy)

11.71 ± 4.04

9.57 ± 4.58

10.36 ± 5.97

0.065

0.169

0.103

C-Lung

Dmean (Gy)

0.38 ± 0.42

0.34 ± 0.35

0.64 ± 0.43

0.842

0.16

0.068

Heart

V5Gy (%)

5.05 ± 3.43

1.88 ± 2.89

2.78 ± 4.85

0.191

0.14

0.287

V10Gy (%)

0.35 ± 1.21

0.04 ± 0.12

0.07 ± 0.25

0.261

0.22

0.217

Dmean (Gy)

1.63 ± 0.94

1.32 ± 0.65

1.71 ± 0.63

0.052

0.033

0.728

C-Breast

Dmax (Gy)

12.59 ± 9.65

12.25 ± 13.09

11.81 ± 12.79

0.838

0.363

0.113

Dmean (Gy)

0.83 ± 0.55

0.83 ± 0.50

0.99 ± 0.48

0.595

0.17

0.518

Esophagus

Dmax (Gy)

3.38 ± 3.78

2.06 ± 1.66

3.78 ± 1.14

0.148

0.368

0.111

Dmean (Gy)

1.10 ± 0.96

0.69 ± 0.47

1.72 ± 0.41

0.053

0.21

0.011

Spinal cord

Dmax (Gy)

2.87 ± 3.30

2.13 ± 1.83

2.52 ± 0.76

0.362

0.542

0.376

Dmean (Gy)

0.72 ± 1.32

0.58 ± 0.20

0.70 ± 0.24

0.552

0.485

0.184

  1. a: IMRT versus H-IMRT; b: IMRT versus H-VMAT; c: H-IMRT versus H-VMAT