Table 1.
Patients (n) | 30 |
Age [median (range)] (y) | 72 (45 – 83) |
Gender: male/female (n) | 19/11 |
Diagnosis (n) | |
Primary liver cancer | 15 |
Liver metastases | 15 |
No. GTV [median (range)] (n) | 2 (1 – 5) |
GTV volume [mean (range)] (cc) | 162 (4 – 707) |
Motion management (n) | |
Free-breathing | 11 |
Abdominal compression plate | 19 |
Planned fluoroscopy motion [mean (range)] (mm) | 9 (2 – 17) |
PTV [mean (max)] (mm) | |
Left | 6 (13) |
Right | 5 (7) |
Anterior | 7 (20) |
Posterior | 5 (8) |
Superior | 5 (6) |
Inferior | 12 (23) |
No. beams, excluding segments [median (range)] (n) | 6 (4 – 15) |
Liver NTCP [mean (range)] (%) | 1.8 (0 – 15.2) |
Prescribed dose in 6 fractions [mean (range)] (Gy) | 39 (27 – 60) |
Abbreviations: GTV=gross tumour volumes; PTV=planning target volume; NTCP=normal tissue complication probability (biologically corrected to 2 Gy/fraction).