Clinical Study
Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of 695 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
Table 3
Dose-volume statistics for organs at risk.
| OAR | Parameters | Mean (range) |
| Brain stem | | 49.5 (45.6–54.7) | Spinal cord | | 37.4 (32.1–45.5) | Optical chiasm | | 45.8 (30.3–53.6) | Optical nerves | | | L | | 42.8 (26.9–48.9) | R | | 43.9 (33.6–53.5) | Parotid gland | | | L | | 31.7 (20.2–33.9) | R | | 32.1 (23.5–35.7) | Temporomandibular joints | | | L | | 40.4 (37.5–45.5) | R | | 39.1 (30.8–42.8) |
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OAR: organs at risk; : maximum point dose;
: maximum dose to 1% volume.
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