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. 2011 Mar;84(999):271–278. doi: 10.1259/bjr/10315979

Table 1. Delineated volumes, overlapping clinical target volume and concordance indexes.

MR images Mean±SD Range
Gross tumour T1PREGTV 37 ± 26 2–94
Volume (cm3) T1POSTGTV 39 ± 39 7–178
CTV (cm3) T1PRECTV 248 ± 88 97–473
T1POSTCTV 254 ± 101 138–501
T2PRECTV 139 ± 68 24–254
T2POSTCTV 78 ± 59 15–236
Overlapping CTVs (cm3) T1PRE ∩ T1POST 202 ± 73 92–353
T2PRE ∩ T2POST 61 ± 44 3–153
T1PRE ∩ T2PRE 122 ± 59 24–219
T1POST ∩ T2PRE 118 ± 54 24–196
Concordance index (CTVs) T1PRE vs T1POST 0.67 ± 0.09 0.52–0.88
T2PRE vs T2POST 0.39 ± 0.20 0.09–0.75
T1PRE vs T2PRE 0.45 ± 0.16 0.15–0.73
T1POST vs T2PRE 0.44 ± 0.17 0.14–0.73
Concordance index (GTVs) T1PRE vs T1POST 0.37 ± 0.15 0.08–0.60

GTV, gross target volume; CTV, clinical target volume; SD, standard deviation.