A Dosimetric Comparison of Dose Escalation with Simultaneous Integrated Boost for Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Table 3

Dosimetric comparison of the 3D-CRT, IMRT, and SIB-IMRT groups to the target volumes.

	PTV D95% (Gy)	iGTV D95% (Gy)
3D-CRT	55.9 ± 3.5	58.5 ± 2.3
IMRT	60.8 ± 0.6	62.1 ± 1.2
SIB-IMRT2.3	60.6 ± 1.7	68.5 ± 2.1
SIB-IMRT2.5	61.7 ± 2.6	74.2 ± 3.1
SIB-IMRT2.7	63.0 ± 3.5	79.6 ± 4.4

3D-CRT, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; SIB, simultaneous integrated boost.