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. 2014 Nov 28;4:317. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00317

Table 5.

Impact of dose reduction on normal tissue dose by treatment arm.

Arm B (36 Gy) Arm B (21 Gy) Pediatric (36 Gy) Pediatric (21Gy) Arm B (36 vs. 21 Gy) Pediatric (36 vs. 21 Gy) Arm B (36 Gy) vs. Ped. (21 Gy)
Heart (mean dose) 20.2 11.78 19.39 11.54 8.42 7.85 8.66
(95% Conf. Int.) (15.47–24.92) (7.05–16.51) (14.66–24.11) (6.82–16.27) p = 0.0003 p = 0.0009 p = 0.0002
Lung (V20%) 35.09 21.42 42.75 26 13.67 16.75 9.09
(95% Conf. Int.) (25.39–44.76) (11.72–31.11) (33.06–52.44) (16.31–35.69) p = 0.0004 p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001
Breast (mean dose) 7.01 4.09 8.52 5.21 2.92 5.6 1.8
(95% Conf. Int.) (4.11–9.90) (1.19–6.98) (5.62–11.41) (2.31–8.10) p = 0.1257 (ns) p = 0.045 p = 0.6356 (ns)