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. 2020 Mar 12;12(3):e7247. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7247

Table 4. Equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions results for whole-breast (42.5 Gy/16 fx) and accelerated partial breast irradiation plans (30 Gy/5 fx).

SD: standard deviation; EQD2: equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions; FB: free breathing; DIBH: deep inspiration breath-hold; Tomo: tomotherapy; APBI: accelerated partial breast irradiation; WH: whole heart; LAD: left anterior descending artery

EQD2 (Gy) FB (mean ±SD) DIBH (mean ±SD) Tomo 1 (mean ±SD) Tomo 2 (mean ±SD) APBI (mean ±SD)
WH          
Max 49.7 ±1.4 33.3 ±15.4 36.6 ±7.4 27.5 ±10.9 12.0 ±18.3
Mean 2.1 ±0.6 0.7 ±0.2 1.5 ±0.3 0.9 ±0.1 0.3 ±0.2
LAD          
Max 48.6 ±1.8 22.6 ±17.0 27.9 ±7.7 18.7 ±8.7 9.7 ±18.0
Mean 25.8 ±7.7 6.3 ±7.7 10.8 ±4.0 4.6 ±1.9 2.9 ±5.7
Left lung          
Mean 4.6 ±1.7 4.2 ±1.3 4.0 ±0.9 2.9 ±0.6 1.0 ±0.5
Right breast          
Max 0.8 ±0.1 1.2 ±0.6 2.2 ±0.4 14.6 ±4.9 0.2 ±0.2