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. 2021 Mar 25;55(2):229–239. doi: 10.2478/raon-2021-0016

Table 8.

Treatment characteristics and mean dosimetric parameters in publications for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) with CyberKnife

Publication Xu 201225 Vermeulen 201451 Goggin 201526 Rault 201627 Obayomi 201652 Lozza 201853 Bonfantini 201828 Lee 201829 Lee 202054 Fröhlich 202036 Current study
Patient number 14 21 9 10 10 20 10 10 103 25 32
Applicator Cones - Iris, MLC Iris - Iris Iris Cones - MLC MLC
Beam number - 151 - , - - 155 180 122 - - - 40 (57)@
Fractionation 10 x 3.85 Gy 10 x 3.4 Gy 5 x 6 Gy 10 x 4 Gy 5 x 6 Gy 6 5 Gy x 5 x 6 Gy 5 x 6 Gy 5 x 6 Gy 4 x 6.25 Gy 4 x 6.25 Gy
Treatment Time (min) - 46 28, 14.7 40 - 60 60 60 33# - 33.3
CTV-PTV margin (mm) 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 2 0 2 2
Mean PTV volume (cm3) - 114 - - 70 88.1 121.6 37.7 73.6 71.6 71.7
Ipsilateral breast
          V100 (%) 7# 12 12.5, 12.2 14 28.7 10 - 9.6
          V50 (%) 22.4# 26 25.8, 24.2 31 75 24 35.5# 23.3
Ipsilateral non-target breast
          V100 (%) 9 - 1.7 - 0.7
          V50 (%) 23.1 17.6 16.3 - 10.5 10.5
Ipsilateral lung
          V30 (%) 1.3 1.9, 1.6 2.3 2.1 2.2# 1.0
          V5 (%) 31.4# 39.4, 17.9 30.7
          mean dose (%) 4.9
          D0.1cm3 57.5 52.2
          D1cm3 45 45.4
Heart
          V5 (%) 9.4 10 3.9 31 14 23.2 23 - 21.2
          mean dose (%) 2.3# 3.3
          D0.1cm3 12.1 18.9
          D1cm3 10.5 16.6
Skin
          Dmax (%) - 108.8 - - 106.6 98.2 94.7 103.3 88.7# 99.6* 88.8*
Contralateral breast
          Dmax (%) 1.6 3 - - 10 - - 10 2.7# 3.8* 2.1*

* = D0.1cm3; # = median value; @ = segment number in parentheses; CTV = clinical target volume; MLC = multileaf collimator; PTV = planning target volume