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Table 3 Impact of the bladder filling control on plan dosimetry of rectum cancer adaptive treatments

From: Effectiveness of bladder filling control during online MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy for rectal cancer

 

Adapted plans optimized on \({\text{MRI}}_{{\text{i}}}\)

Adapted plan recalculated on \({\text{MRI}}_{{\text{f}}}\)

t student

Reference value

Median (range)

% difference

p

Adapted plans

 Number

109

  

PTV

 Volume (cc)

648.5 (419.4–1016.3)

  

 \(V_{{{\text{Dpre}}}}\) (%)

95.76 (95.02–96.80)

< 0.65

> 0.05

 \({\text{D}}_{{0.5{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

26.54 (26.23–27.90)

< 0.50

> 0.05

Bladder

 Volume (cc)

154.8 (110.4–238.6)

  

 \({\text{D}}_{{0.5{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

24.54 (17.61–26.60)

< 0.50

> 0.05

 \({\text{D}}_{{15{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

13.96 (7.41–21.02)

< 0.15

> 0.05

Small bowel

 \({\text{D}}_{{0.5{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

23.72 (17.32–27.55)

< 0.45

> 0.05

 \({\text{D}}_{{5{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

19.32 (18.55–21.99)

< 0.44

> 0.05

 \({\text{D}}_{{10{\text{cc}}}}\) (Gy)

17.31 (15.10–18.95)

< 0.33

> 0.05

Femoral heads

 \({\text{D}}_{{10{\text{cc}}}} \left( {{\text{Gy}}} \right)\)

11.56 (10.51–14.61)

< 0.10

> 0.05

  1. PTV planning target volume, VDpre volume in % covered by the prescription dose, Dycc received y cube centimetres, MRIf/ MRIf magnetic resonance imaging at the start/end of the adaptive session