Table 2. Comparison of the dosimetric parameters for the duodenum, stomach, and intestine in groups A and D vs. the reference standards with different numbers of fractions. A sample t-test was used to analyze the statistical difference.
Variable | Duodenum (N=10) | Stomach (N=12) | Intestine (N=14) | ||||||||||||
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D1 | D3 | D5 | D10 | D1 | D3 | D5 | D10 | D1 | D3 | D5 | D10 | ||||
A | BED | 51.205 | 44.346 | 40.307 | 34.005 | 51.230 | 45.742 | 42.979 | 37.927 | 51.683 | 46.391 | 43.244 | 38.785 | ||
P | 0.036* | 0.058 | 0.079 | 0.164 | 0.088 | 0.165 | 0.214 | 0.320 | 0.055 | 0.051 | 0.074 | 0.087 | |||
D | BED | 51.765 | 44.221 | 40.455 | 34.272 | 52.655 | 47.318 | 44.347 | 39.257 | 52.035 | 46.829 | 43.911 | 39.358 | ||
P | 0.037* | 0.055 | 0.076 | 0.164 | 0.034* | 0.074 | 0.118 | 0.225 | 0.029* | 0.057 | 0.084 | 0.135 |
*, P value <0.05. Only the fractions in which significant differences started to appear are presented here. The complete data set for all tested numbers of fractions can be seen in Table S1. Italic values indicate statistic difference.