Adjuvant radiotherapy for gallbladder cancer: A dosimetric comparison of conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2011; 17(3): 397-402
Published online Jan 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i3.397

Table 3 Mean dose to the targeted structures/organs

Structure/organs	Mean dose (Gy)		P value¹
	CRT	IMRT
PTV	50.1 ± 2.8	51.5 ± 2.7	0.00015
Right kidney	10.6 ± 4.4	8.6 ± 2.4	0.032
Left kidney	8.1 ± 3.4	9.4 ± 4.6	NS
Liver	22.4 ± 3.9	21.0 ± 2.9	0.027

¹Two-tailed paired t test. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. CRT: Three dimensional conformal radiation therapy; IMRT: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy; PTV: Planning tumor volume; NS: Not significant (P > 0.05).

Citation: Sun XN, Wang Q, Gu BX, Zhu YH, Hu JB, Shi GZ, Zheng S. Adjuvant radiotherapy for gallbladder cancer: A dosimetric comparison of conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(3): 397-402
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i3.397