Volumetric Modulated Arc Radiotherapy for Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: Is It Better Than the Conventional Static Beam Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy?

Table 4

Comparison of the MU and treatment time among the 3 techniques.

	C-IMRT	SA-VMAT	DA-VMAT	ANOVA; 𝑃 value
Total MU/fraction	615.6 ± 89.2	363.3 ± 58.1	399.6 ± 64.3	<0.001
Beam on time (sec)	92.3 ± 13.4	74.9 ± 3.1	149.9 ± 5.2	<0.001