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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2010 Dec 13;98(1):87–92. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.11.003

Table 2.

Lifetime attributable risks (LAR) for second solid cancer incidences assuming an 8/14-year old female/male treated with 54-Gy (Gy[RBE]) target dose (cranial lesion; field 6). For breast, instead of combining the two transport models we quote the estimates separately.

Organs LAR (%)
Baseline(%)
Passive scattered proton therapy IMRT Proton beam scanning

Larynx 0.08/0.14 0.04/0.12 0.02/<0.01 0.15/0.61
Thyroid 1.39/0.15 0.64/0.06 0.18/0.01 1.10/0.38
Bronchi 0.68/0.23 0.17/0.13 0.03/0.03 6.67/7.76
Breasts EAR 0.78/- 0.33/- 0.04/- 13/-
Breasts ERR 0.45/- 0.19/- 0.02/- 13/-
Lungs 0.39/0.14 0.16/0.14 0.04/0.02 6.67/7.76
Esophagus 0.04/0.07 0.01/0.05 0.01/ 0.24/0.75
Liver 0.01/0.01 0.01/0.03 <0.01/<0.01 0.41/0.90
Pancreas 0.04/0.01 0.09/0.18 0.01/<0.01 1.24/1.25
Kidneys 0.01/0.01 0.04/0.08 <0.01/<0.01 1.02/1.69
Uterus/Prostate <0.01/<0.01 0.01/0.01 <0.01/<0.01 2.5/16.01
Ovaries/Testes <0.01/<0.01 0.02/0.02 <0.01/<0.01 1.42/0.37
Bladder Wall <0.01/0.01 0.04/0.02 <0.01/<0.01 1.25/3.98