Table 2.

Dosimetric data for each patient for the IG-IMRT and IMRT cohorts, respectively, extracted from the treatment plan (“PLAN”) and including the simulation of the positioning uncertainty (“SIMULATION”)

Parameter	IG-IMRT					IMRT					p-value (Mann-Whitney)
	Min	25% quartile	Median	75% quartile	Max	Min	25% quartile	Median	75% quartile	Max
Rectal cross-section (cm2)	0.55	5.21	6.51	7.77	14.95	3.93	6.51	8.31	11.00	19.44	0.001
PLAN: Average dose to the CTV	83.29	87.10	88.17	88.52	89.80	85.58	87.77	88.54	89.22	91.24	0.008
PLAN: Average dose to the dorsal part of the PTV margin	79.48	80.73	83.36	84.20	86.77	76.43	79.89	81.46	83.33	87.03	0.005
SIMULATION: Expected dose to the whole CTV	83.25	87.03	88.12	88.46	89.70	84.26	86.51	87.24	88.26	90.07	0.039
SIMULATION: Variance of dose to whole CTV	0.24	0.29	0.34	0.38	0.74	1.55	2.16	2.48	2.88	3.89	0.000