Research Article

The Dosimetric Comparisons of CRT, IMRT, ARC, CRT+IMRT, and CRT+ARC of Postoperative Radiotherapy in IIIA-N2 Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Table 10

Comparisons of PTV, OAR, and B-P dosimetric parameters between ARC plan and CRT+ARC plan .

Dosimetric parametersARC planCRT+ARC plan Differencet valueP value

PTV
 Minimum dose/cGy4285.12159.094305.23114.48-20.11157.12-0.4050.695
 Maximum dose/cGy5348.3061.225328.3258.0019.9837.331.6920.125
 Median dose/cGy)5025.606.275068.4477.68-42.8479.30-1.7080.122
 Conformity index0.880.020.860.020.010.013.5000.007
 Homogeneity index0.210.040.200.030.010.030.6330.543
 V105 (%)0.74.843.759.42-3.019.58-0.9930.347
OAR
 Spinal cord Maximum dose2383.08353.892870.81535.92-487.73224.92-6.8570.001
 Esophagus
  V50 (%)17.7914.0817.0212.752.455.721.3580.207
  Maximum dose5270.17109.335229.3479.93-365.72383.31-0.9540.365
 Heart
  V20 (%)20.7821.6520.5621.20-6.578.02-2.5920.029
  V30 (%)9.8310.1514.3913.89-7.727.93-3.0800.013
  V40 (%)4.875.244.884.73-1.091.58-2.1930.056
  V45 (%)3.593.842.942.42-0.040.19-0.7340.481
  Mean dose932.07702.92872.64788.90-174.05470.84-1.1690.272
 Normal lung
  V5 (%)49.596.1748.779.227.305.314.3460.002
  V10 (%)35.137.4228.305.438.302.978.8320.001
  V13 (%)30.316.3822.404.286.793.675.8560.001
  V20 (%)22.224.4814.742.084.752.396.2810.001
  V30 (%)8.631.4710.360.81-1.501.06-4.4610.002
  Mean dose1040.41147.82952.15120.9220.2491.130.2220.829
B-P
 V5(%)26.153.1425.2212.400.9311.790.2500.808
 V10(%)16.542.4114.866.451.686.010.8850.399
 V15(%)10.971.8010.134.220.853.890.6920.506
 V20(%)6.461.437.992.65-1.532.15-2.2500.051
 V25(%)3.720.936.831.99-3.111.51-6.5120.001
 V30(%)2.130.555.331.80-3.191.51-6.6450.001
 V35(%)1.220.293.421.89-2.191.74-3.9730.003
 V40(%)0.660.141.581.71-0.921.65-1.7660.111
 V45(%)0.250.040.681.19-0.431.18-1.1470.281
 V50(%)0.000.00.120.33-0.110.32-1.1050.298