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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Oct 1;72(2):610–616. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.06.1488

Table 3.

Comparison of average mean (or maximum) doses (Gy, ±σ), delivered with a static-based IMRT plan, with varying patient motion.

Target/OAR* Dose (Gy) ± Standard deviation
Immobilized at End Exhale Normal Respiration Deep Respiration
Boost 60.4 ± 0.2 57.7 ± 7.0 (p = 0.31) 59 ± 2.5 (p = 0.14)
Breast 52.3 ± 1.4 50.2 ± 6.9 (p = 0.36) 51.5 ± 2.3 (p = 0.37)
SCV§ 52.4 ± 0.9 52.6 ± 0.8 (p = 0.23) 52.6 ± 0.9 (p = 0.25)
ICV 53.1 ± 0.5 53 ± 0.7 (p = 0.32) 52.6 ± 1.2 (p = 0.19)
IMN†† 50.8 ± 3.9 48 ± 9.8 (p = 0.35) 49.8 ± 3.9 (p = 0.30)
Heart 0.7 ± 0.7 0.8 ± 0.8 (p = 0.10) 0.9 ± 0.9 (p = 0.04)
Heart (Max) 9.3 ± 8.4 10.8 ± 8.7 (p = 0.07) 13.5 ± 9.0 (p = 0.01)
LAD[ ] 2.5 ± 2.2 2.5 ± 2.0 (p = 0.89) 3.5 ± 2.4 (p = 0.003)
LAD (Max) 11.6 ± 7.6 13.2 ± 6.9 (p = 0.37) 17.4 ± 7.7 (p = 0.01)
Ipsilateral lung 11.9 ± 1.8 11.2 ± 2.6 (p = 0.53) 13 ± 2.1 (p = 0.04)
*

Abbreviations: Organs at Risk;

§

Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes;

Infraclavicular Lymph Nodes;

††

Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes;

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Left Anterior Descending Artery