Table 2.

Time utilization for treatment planning using different treatment techniques (2D/3D‐CRT, IMRT, VMAT, and TomoTherapy) of different tumor sites. All data is calculated in days with two decimal places remaining and displayed in the form of mean/median(25%, 75%).

	2D/3D‐CRT (days)	IMRT (days)	VMAT (days)	Tomotherapy (days)
H&N	2.11/2.09 (1.06–3.14)	3.12/3.33 (2.90–3.63)	5.31/5.18 (4.20–6.41)	5.58/5.38 (4.25–6.65)
Thorax/breast	2.40/2.42 (1.47–3.08)	3.37/3.27 (2.53–4.03)	3.40/3.32 (2.62–4.11)	3.91/3.88 (2.66–4.97)
Abdomen/pelvis/extremity	3.41/3.24 (2.51–4.26)	4.07/3.92 (3.03–4.90)	3.98/3.93 (3.00–4.90)	4.95/6.50 (2.21–7.24)