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. 2021 Apr 13;16:72. doi: 10.1186/s13014-021-01801-w

Table 3.

CNAO LEM rectum constraints for 12-, 8-, and 4-fraction CIRT converted based on two strategies

dDLEM16fx eDMKM 16fx aDLEM 12fx bDLEM 8fx cDLEM 4fx
fMKM LQ gLEM LQ hDiff MKM LQ LEM LQ Diff MKM LQ LEM LQ Diff
D10cc ≤ 54.00 39.99 45.97 49.14 6.90% 36.53 42.59 16.58% 23.94 32.60 36.19%
D5cc ≤ 61.00 49.84 51.70 55.30 6.96% 40.73 47.70 17.12% 26.62 36.28 36.30%
D1cc ≤ 66.00 57.31 55.97 59.69 6.65% 43.97 51.33 16.75% 28.67 38.88 35.59%

aThe LEM rectum constraints for 12-fraction CIRT [Gy (RBE)]

bThe LEM rectum constraints for 8-fraction CIRT [Gy (RBE)]

cThe LEM rectum constraints for 4-fraction CIRT [Gy (RBE)]

dThe CNAO rectum constraints for 16-fraction CIRT of absolute volumes [Gy (RBE)]

eThe MKM constraints which were backward converted from CNAO rectum constraints based on our RBE-conversion model [Gy (RBE)]

fThe LEM rectum constraints converted from CNAO constraints by MKM LQ strategy

gThe LEM rectum constraints converted from LEM LQ strategy

hDifference = (LEM LQ-MKM LQ)/MKM LQ*100%