Table 3. Summary of the average mean dose values for selected OARs compared between conventional VMAT TBI and SIMBa VMAT TBI.
OARs: organs at risk; SIMBa: simultaneous integrated marrow and body approach; VMAT: volumetric modulated arc therapy; TBI: total body irradiation; CNS: central nervous system
| Traditional VMAT TBI | SIMBa VMAT | Difference | Statistical Significance | ||
| Average (cGy) | Average (cGy) | Average (%) | σ (%) | p-value | |
| Bowel | 1108 | 870 | -21.3 | 4.2 | <<0.05 |
| Lung | 902 | 756 | -16.3 | 7.9 | <<0.05 |
| Heart | 1233 | 916 | -25.3 | 8.6 | <<0.05 |
| Kidney | 1191 | 994 | -16.4 | 6.2 | <<0.05 |
| CNS | 1270 | 1229 | -3.2 | 2.9 | 0.17 |