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Treatment plan characteristics.
| Patient Group | Patients (#) | Prescribed dose (Gy) | Fraction dose (Gy) | Fractions (#) | Fields in plan (#) | Fields per day (#) | UFC‡ (#) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate | 8 | 78 | 2 | 39 | 4† | 1 | 2 |
| Chordoma | 5 | 76 | 2 | 38 | 9 – 11 | 2 | 6 or 7 |
| Pancreas | 4 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Lung | 5 | 70 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Effectively two fields only, see text.
UFC = unique field combinations
