Impact of different treatment plans on EQD2 for intracavitary brachytherapy of cervical cancer

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Table 4 Comparison of statistical significance for OARs

Parameters		IMRT+IO vs. IMRT+MO	IMRT+IO vs. 3DCRT+IO	IMRT+IO vs. 3DCRT+MO	IMRT+MO vs. 3DCRT+IO	IMRT+MO vs. 3DCRT+MO	3DCRT+IO vs. 3DCRT+MO
Rectum	D_2cm³	0.100	0.244	0.000	0.969	0.244	0.100
	D_1cm³	0.000	0.004	0.000	0.174	0.004	0.000
	D_0.1cm³	0.000	0.071	0.000	0.059	0.071	0.000
Bladder	D_2cm³	0.000	0.274	0.000	0.037	0.274	0.000
	D_1cm³	0.001	0.483	0.000	0.046	0.483	0.001
	D_0.1cm³	0.000	0.876	0.000	0.005	0.876	0.000
Small bowel	D_2cm³	0.012	0.001	0.000	0.814	0.001	0.012
	D_1cm³	0.185	0.316	0.002	0.990	0.316	0.185
	D_0.1cm³	0.238	0.778	0.030	0.776	0.778	0.238
Sigmoid	D_2cm³	0.005	0.000	0.000	0.809	0.000	0.005
	D_1cm³	0.013	0.010	0.000	1.000	0.010	0.013
	D_0.1cm³	0.130	0.276	0.001	0.978	0.276	0.130

IMRT intensity-modulated radiation therapy, 3DCRT three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, IO inverse optimization, MO manual optimization