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Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jun 10;93(3):510–515. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.013

Table 2. T2W Intensities in PCs and SCMs pre- and post-Therapy.

Muscles		Average mean dose	T2W Intensity: Mean±SD		p
PCs			Pre-therapy	Post-therapy
	All	51±18	0.62±0.5	1.14±0.9	0.001
	Received mean dose <50Gy	27±12	0.42±0.07	0.60±0.18	0.01
	Received mean dose >50 Gy	62±7	0.71±0.57	1.38±1.00	0.001
SCM
	All	60±16	0.37±0.30	0.58±0.48	0.001
	Received mean dose <50Gy	25±14	0.18±0.04	0.42±0.22	0.07
	Received mean dose >50Gy	66±6	0.40±0.31	0.61±0.51	0.004