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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 3.

Lifetime attributable risks (LAR) for second cancer incidences assuming an 8/14-year old female/male treated with 54 Gy (Gy[RBE]) target dose (spine 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

Brain 0.01/<0.01 0.08/0.04 <0.01/<0.01 0.56/0.65
Pharynx 0.02/0.01 0.02/0.03 0.01/<0.01 0.67/1.41
Larynx 0.01/0.01 0.01/0.01 <0.01/<0.01 0.15/0.61
Thyroid 0.18/0.02 0.21/0.01 0.04/<0.01 1.1/0.38
Bronchi 0.59/0.28 0.19/0.16 0.06/0.04 6.67/7.76
Breast EAR 0.68/- 0.55/- 0.13/- 13/-
Breast ERR 0.40/- 0.32/- 0.07/- 13/-
Esophagus 0.05/0.06 0.02/0.06 0.01/0.01 0.24/0.75
Lung 1.16/0.33 0.59/0.23 0.16/0.05 6.67/7.75
Rectosigmoid Wall 0.62/0.40 0.36/0.38 0.10/0.01 5.38/5.67
Uterus/Prostate 0.06/0.06 0.036/0.05 0.01/0.01 2.5/16.01
Ovaries/Testes 0.13/0/04 0.074/0.04 0.02/0.01 1.42/0.37
Bladder Wall 0.29/0.21 0.14/0.13 0.04/0.03 1.25/3.98