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Table 5 EAR comparison 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

IMRT

H-IMRT

H-VMAT

p value

a

b

c

C-Breast

4.68 ± 3.39

4.25 ± 3.18

6.39 ± 3.71

0.205

0.018

0.031

I-Lung

109.80 ± 34.42

94.95 ± 39.35

115.53 ± 30.59

0.066

0.094

0.255

C-Lung

9.20 ± 8.06

5.36 ± 5.17

17.71 ± 6.02

0.048

0.036

0.000

Esophagus

1.55 ± 1.20

0.68 ± 0.54

1.60 ± 0.54

0.030

0.215

0.014

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