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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Apr 1;70(5):1397–1402. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.052

Table 2.

Local failure patterns defined by post-RT PET in NSCLC patients treated with definitive RT

Lesions	Local failure pattern
Lesions	Within GTV/PTV	Within GTV/PTV and outward	Marginal miss (within PTV and outward)	Geographic miss (outside but within 1 cm of PTV)
Overall (n = 34)	13 (38)	15 (44)	4 (12)	2 (6)
Primary (n = 26)	12 (46)	13 (50)	1 (4)	0 (0)
Nodal (n = 8)	1 (12)	2 (25)	3 (38)	2 (25)

Abbreviations: RT = radiotherapy; other abbreviations as in Table 1.

Data presented as number of lesions, with percentages in parentheses.