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. 2023 Jan 24;18(1):e0280456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280456

Table 2. Dosimetric comparison between VMAT-5B and VMAT-10B for the OARs.

Parameters VMAT-5B VMAT-10B P value
Left lung
V5Gy (%) 51.16 ± 3.61 53.17 ± 3.82 <0.001
V20Gy (%) 23.11 ± 2.26 23.67 ± 2.33 <0.001
V30Gy (%) 15.21 ± 1.54 15.46 ± 1.54 <0.001
V40Gy (%) 8.67 ± 1.32 8.71 ± 1.34 0.445
Dmean (Gy) 12.53 ± 0.91 12.80 ± 0.93 <0.001
Heart
V5Gy (%) 22.01 ± 4.50 24.59 ± 4.07 <0.001
V20Gy (%) 3.20 ± 1.49 3.35 ± 1.50 <0.001
V30Gy (%) 1.17 ± 0.89 1.21 ± 0.90 <0.001
Dmean (Gy) 4.43 ± 0.53 4.71 ± 0.50 <0.001
D1cc (Gy) 38.03 ± 5.99 38.03 ± 5.66 0.880
Right lung
V5Gy (%) 22.54 ± 6.27 23.22 ± 6.21 <0.001
V20Gy (%) 0.30 ± 0.40 0.30 ± 0.37 0.859
Dmean (Gy) 3.84 ± 0.54 3.90 ± 0.53 0.001
Right breast
V5Gy (%) 20.14 ± 5.76 19.84 ± 5.57 0.011
Dmean (Gy) 3.88 ± 0.47 3.86 ± 0.45 0.076
D1cc (Gy) 14.29 ± 2.60 13.94 ± 2.49 <0.001

The values in bold indicate significant differences.