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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jun 10;93(3):510–515. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.013

Table 3. Muscle thickness pre- and post-therapy.

Muscles Average thickness (mm): Mean±SD p
PCs Pre-therapy Post-therapy
All 2.9±0.9 5.4±1.5 0.001
Received Mean dose <50Gy 3.3±1.0 5.3±1.7 0.001
Received Mean dose >50 Gy 2.7±0.8 5.7±1.4 0.001
SCMs
All 11.4±3.5 10.5±3.7 0.002
Received mean dose <50Gy 13.5±3.2 12.9±3.6 0.2
Received Mean dose >50Gy 11.0±3.4 10.0±3.6 0.005