Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants

Characteristics	CRT	FIMRT	p-value
N = 86 patients	N = 40 patients n (%)	N = 46 patients n (%)
Age (year), mean ± SD	48.37 ± 9.437	49.39 ± 12.212	0.671
Site of tumor			0.311
Right breast	20	28
Left breast	20	18
Tumor size			0.72
Unknown	1	2
<20 mm	23	21
20–50 mm	15	22
>50 mm	1	1
Tumor location			0.689
Upper outer quadrant	20	16
Upper mid quadrant	4	5
Upper inner quadrant	6	12
Lower outer quadrant	3	1
Lower mid quadrant	2	3
Lower inner quadrant	2	2
Mid outer quadrant	3	4
Mid inner quadrant	0	1
Subareolar location	0	1
Radiation duration (days), mean ± SD	45.33 ± 7.37	45.11 ± 9.293	0.906
Radiation dose
Dose per fraction (cGy), mean ± SD	200 ± 0	207.33 ±20.97	0.03
Total radiation dose (cGy), mean ± SD	5000 ± 0	4917.33 ± 236.45	0.03
Maximum dose at skin (%),mean±SD	114.44 ± 5.27	108.92 ± 3.40	<0.001

BRT, conventional radiotherapy; FIMRT, forward intensity-modulated radiation therapy.