Table 2. Radiation exposure of heart and other normal tissues.
Organ at risk | Parameters | 3DCRT-FinF | 5F-IMRT | 2P-VMAT | F | p1 | p2 | p3 |
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Heart | Dmean | 7.29 ± 3.00 | 8.08 ± 2.73 | 11.90 ± 5.06 | 4.25 | 0.887 | 0.029 | 0.079 |
V5Gy | 22.14 ± 8.64 | 28.66 ± 10.39 | 68.14 ± 8.73 | 71.82 | 0.276 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
V10Gy | 14.95 ± 6.74 | 17.85 ± 7.09 | 42.33 ± 11.42 | 30.02 | 0.739 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
V20Gy | 12.48 ± 6.36 | 10.54 ± 5.17 | 19.48 ± 8.84 | 4.56 | 0.808 | 0.081 | 0.021 | |
V30Gy | 10.74 ± 5.89 | 7.86 ± 4.53 | 11.14 ± 6.19 | 1.03 | 0.490 | 0.986. | 0.399 | |
Left lung | Dmean | 15.32 ± 2.72 | 15.03 ± 3.09 | 18.57 ± 3.17 | 4.30 | 0.975 | 0.056 | 0.035 |
V5Gy | 49.63 ± 7.76 | 52.53 ± 7.65 | 70.36 ± 8.84 | 19.19 | 0.707 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
V10Gy | 37.52 ± 7.10 | 36.89 ± 7.75 | 51.67 ± 8.72 | 11.22 | 0.983 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
V20Gy | 31.36 ± 6.04 | 27.77 ± 7.08 | 34.08 ± 7.16 | 2.18 | 0.473 | 0.647 | 0.113 | |
Right breast | Dmean | 1.68 ± 1.60 | 2.81 ± 2.23 | 5.79 ± 2.71 | 9.09 | 0.504 | 0.001 | 0.016 |
Left humeral head | Dmean | 12.65 ± 10.40 | 33.54 ± 9.00 | 40.77 ± 10.74 | 21.01 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.261 |
Spinal cord | V45Gy | 2.46 ± 4.23 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Healthy tissue | V50Gy | 2.45 ± 2.38 | 1.55 ± 0.71 | 1.48 ± 0.76 | 1.29 | 0.386 | 0.336 | 0.995 |
Abbreviations: Dmean = mean dose (Gy); Vx = volume (%) receiving x dose (Gy) or higher; 3DCRT-FinF = three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy using field-in-field technique; 5F-IMRT = 5-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy; 2P-VMAT = 2 partial arcs volumetric modulated arc therapy. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation. F values from ANOVA analysis(α = 0.05). p1: 3DCRT-FinF & 5F-IMRT; p2: 3DCRT-FinF & 2P-VMAT; p3: 5F-IMRT & 2P-VMAT.