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Table 2 Summary of the treatment planning system, fraction regimen, radiation technique, use of skin flash, and radiation beams/arcs for the benchmark case

From: Quality assurance in a phase III, multicenter, randomized trial of POstmastectomy radioThErapy in Node posiTive breast cancer with or without Internal mAmmary nodaL irradiation (POTENTIAL): a planning benchmark case

 

First submission (n = 26)

Final submission (n = 26)

P value

No. (%)

No. (%)

Treatment planning system

Pinnacle

8 (30.8)

8 (30.8)

0.572

Eclipse

11 (42.3)

10 (38.5)

Monaco

4 (15.4)

5 (19.2)

Raystation

3 (11.5)

3 (11.5)

Fraction regimen

HFRT

5 (19.2)

10 (38.5)

0.063

CFRT

21 (80.8)

16 (61.5)

Radiation technique

IMRT

16 (61.5)

12 (46.2)

0.219

VMAT

10 (38.5)

14 (53.8)

 

Use of skin flash

21 (80.8)

26 (100.0)

NA

Number of beams/arcs

IMRT

  

NA

6

1 (3.8)

0

7

4 (15.4)

2 (7.7)

8

4 (15.4)

4 (15.4)

9

5 (19.2)

5 (19.2)

10

1 (3.8)

1 (3.9)

11

1 (3.8)

0

VMAT

  

NA

2

5 (19.2)

7 (26.9)

3

3 (11.5)

3 (11.5)

4

2 (7.7)

2 (7.7)

5

0

2 (7.7)

  1. HFRT, hypofractionated radiotherapy; CFRT, conventional fractionated radiotherapy; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; VMAT, volumetric modulated arc therapy; NA, not available