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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Mar 15;73(4):1228–1234. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.054

Table 1.

Treatment plan descriptions

Plan 1 Max dose to initial PTV to NTCP 15% or max 90Gy
Plan 2 46 Gy to initial PTV, then boost to a maximum lung NTCP of 15% or 90 Gy
Plan 3 60 Gy to initial PTV, then boost to a maximum lung NTCP the same as the original
plan
Plan 4 60 Gy to initial PTV, then, boost to a maximum lung NTCP of 15%

NTCP=Normal tissue complication probability, PTV=Planning target volume