Research Article

Dosimetric and Radiobiological Comparison of Five Techniques for Postmastectomy Radiotherapy with Simultaneous Integrated Boost

Table 3

values for multiple comparisons using post hoc Tukey test.

ParameterTD vs. unb-HTTD vs. b-HTTD vs. ff-IMRTTD vs. hy-IMRTunb-HT vs. b-HTunb-HT vs. ff-IMRTunb-HT vs. hy-IMRTb-HT vs. ff-IMRTb-HT vs. hy-MRTff-IMRT vs. hy-IMRT

PTVboost
0.9971.0000.0390.7710.9890.0150.5620.0560.8430.435
0.7730.9990.9850.9850.6160.9680.9680.93600.9361.000
0.0120.0680.2010.0300.9720.801<0.0010.988<0.001<0.001
1.0000.4521.0001.0001.0000.3610.2700.4420.3401.000
 CI0.019<0.0010.9890.9760.0480.0690.090<0.001<0.0011.000
 HI<0.0010.0050.0400.8980.7200.288<0.0010.952<0.0010.003
PTVtotal
0.050<0.0010.0120.0940.0030.9851.0000.0180.0011.000
0.4680.3440.6430.6981.0000.9990.997.0.9880.9811.000
<0.0010.7331.0000.952<0.001<0.001<0.0010.6430.2990.979
0.061<0.0010.0210.1190.0050.9950.9990.0180.0020.961
 hI0.016<0.0010.0160.8460.0241.0000.2010.024<0.0010.201
Lungs
<0.0010.3640.1830.989<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9950.6640.418
<0.0010.9990.9910.295<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9590.1920.562
 NTCP<0.0011.0001.0001.000<0.001<0.001<0.0011.0001.0001.000
 SCCP<0.0010.1300.4851.000<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9420.1940.610
IL lung
<0.0010.0080.0020.241<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9870.6730.361
<0.0010.9800.9980.327<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9000.1090.520
<0.0010.9771.0000.956<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9791.0000.959
CL lung
<0.0010.9980.9840.977<0.001<0.001<0.0011.0000.8910.796
<0.0010.9971.0000.860<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9860.6780.927
Heart
<0.0010.8430.1610.965<0.001<0.001<0.0010.0120.4490.489
<0.0010.6740.5560.471<0.001<0.001<0.0010.0430.9980.018
<0.0010.9561.0000.992<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9070.9990.973
<0.0010.9081.0001.000<0.001<0.001<0.0010.9030.9201.000
<0.0010.9010.9861.000<0.001<0.001<0.0010.6300.9540.958
 NTCP0.0080.3030.9991.000<0.004<0.001<0.0090.4300.2970.999
CL breast
<0.001<0.0010.9830.682<0.001<0.001<0.0010.001<0.0010.936
 SCCP<0.001<0.0010.9310.152<0.001<0.001<0.0010.001<0.0010.559
Spinal cord
0.2250.9950.9750.9800.4230.0600.0660.8620.8791.000
Delivery efficiency
 MU<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.0011.000
 Time0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.0011.000

The difference is statistically significant.