Table 1.
Irradiation techniques applied for the three different target volumes. PTVpelvis: pelvic lymph nodes, prostate gland and seminal vesicles, PTVpvs: prostate gland and seminal vesicles; PTVpros: prostate gland; RA: RapidArc; 3D-CRT: three dimensional conformal radiotherapy; SW IMRT: Sliding Window intensity-modulated radiotherapy; SIB: simultaneously integrated boost.
| Plan name | Targets |
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|---|---|---|---|
| PTVpelvis | PTVpvs | PTVpros | |
| RA + 3D-CRT | RA | 3D-CRT | 3D-CRT |
| SW + 3D-CRT | SW IMRT | 3D-CRT | 3D-CRT |
| RA + SW | RA | SW IMRT | SW IMRT |
| SW | SW IMRT | SW IMRT | SW IMRT |
| SIB | RA | RA | RA |