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Treatment Characteristics
| Mean (Range) | |
| Dose (Gy) | 54 (45 – 60) |
| Biologic Effective Tumor Dose (BED Gy10) | 150 (110 – 180) |
| Prescription Isodose Line (%) | 80 (75 – 90) |
| Planning treatment volume coverage (%) | 97 (95 – 100) |
| Number of beams per fraction | 164 (87 – 270) |
| Number of paired x-ray verification images per fraction | 55 (29 – 90) |
| Beam-on time (minutes) | 82 (53 – 120) |
| Treatment course (days) | 7 (3 – 11) |
| % Total lung volume receiving 15 Gy or more | 7 (3 – 11) |
