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. 2019 Jul 25;20(8):36–46. doi: 10.1002/acm2.12676

Table 7.

NTCP of heart, lung, and skin in nominal PB‐PB, PB‐MC, and MC‐MC plans of breast cancer.

Patient # Heart Skin Ipsilateral Lung
NTCP (%) NTCP (%) NTCP (%)
PB‐PB PB‐MC MC‐MC PB‐PB PB‐MC MC‐MC PB‐PB PB‐MC MC‐MC
1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.8
3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.9
4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.6
5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.5
6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.9 1.8
7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 0.9
8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.8
9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.8
10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.5 1.6 1.6
Average 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
SD 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4
P‐value   0.968a 0.968b   0.674a 0.936b   0.384a 0.674b

PB‐PB, PB optimization followed by PB dose calculation; PB‐MC, PB optimization followed by MC dose calculation; MC‐MC, MC optimization followed by MC dose calculation; NTCP, normal tissue complication probability.

a

P‐value for PB‐MC vs. PB‐PB.

b

P‐value for MC‐MC vs. PB‐PB.