Table 4.
p‐value | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CRT | IMRT | VMAT | CRT vs. IMRT | CRT vs. VMAT | IMRT vs. VMAT | ||||||
Cord | |||||||||||
Dmax (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.98 | 0.48 | 0.73 | |||||
Dmean (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.02 | 0.003 | 0.89 | |||||
EUD (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.12 | 0.013 | 0.76 | |||||
NTCP |
|
|
|
|
|
1.00 | |||||
Lung | |||||||||||
Dmean (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.26 | 0.11 | 0.97 | |||||
NTCP |
|
|
|
0.18 | 0.06 | 0.94 | |||||
V5 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.00 | |||||
V10 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
0.38 | |||||
V13 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
0.67 | |||||
V20 |
|
|
|
0.30 | 0.03 | 0.64 | |||||
V30 |
|
|
|
0.04 | 0.05 | 1.00 | |||||
Heart | |||||||||||
Dmean (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.56 | 0.48 | 1.00 | |||||
EUD (cGy) |
|
|
|
0.22 | 0.18 | 1.00 | |||||
NTCP |
|
|
|
0.12 | 0.008 | 0.99 | |||||
V25 |
|
|
|
0.51 | 0.15 | 0.86 | |||||
V30 |
|
|
|
0.04 | 0.007 | 0.88 | |||||
V50 |
|
|
|
0.30 | 0.33 | 0.88 | |||||
Body | |||||||||||
V5 | 9.1±8.8 |
|
|
0.07 | 0.01 | 0.87 | |||||
V10 |
|
|
|
0.71 | 0.17 | 0.71 | |||||
V15 |
|
|
|
1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
and , respectively. The low dose (V5) delivered to the healthy tissue outside of PTV was increased by IMRT () and VMAT () compared to CRT.