Figures & data
Table 1. Planning objectives for h-IMRT and h-ARC optimization.
Table 2. Dosimetric parameters comparison between 3D-CRT and hybrid (h-IMRT, h-ARC) techniques.
Figure 1. The average cumulative dose-volume histograms. Comparison of PTV (a), heart and LAD (b), contralateral breast (c), and ipsilateral and contralateral lungs (d) between 3D-CRT, h-ARC and h-IMRT plans.
![Figure 1. The average cumulative dose-volume histograms. Comparison of PTV (a), heart and LAD (b), contralateral breast (c), and ipsilateral and contralateral lungs (d) between 3D-CRT, h-ARC and h-IMRT plans.](/cms/asset/285779f8-439a-4006-8e57-94458762d84a/ionc_a_2238553_f0001_c.jpg)
Figure 2. Comparison of isodose distributions between three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), hybrid intensity-modulated radiotherapy (h-IMRT) and hybrid volumetric-modulated arc therapy (h-ARC). The color-wash thresholds are: 3, 5, and 40.375 Gy, which is 95% of the prescribed dose.
![Figure 2. Comparison of isodose distributions between three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), hybrid intensity-modulated radiotherapy (h-IMRT) and hybrid volumetric-modulated arc therapy (h-ARC). The color-wash thresholds are: 3, 5, and 40.375 Gy, which is 95% of the prescribed dose.](/cms/asset/4000867e-c607-4232-bfe5-0be94bea97e6/ionc_a_2238553_f0002_c.jpg)
Table 3. Comparison of OED for left lung, right lung and right breast.
Figure 3. Relative risks ratios of secondary cancer based on the full mechanistic dose-response model for left lung, right lung and right breast, for each patient.
![Figure 3. Relative risks ratios of secondary cancer based on the full mechanistic dose-response model for left lung, right lung and right breast, for each patient.](/cms/asset/ba71db1b-b91a-4e40-9134-02a22fc2ee58/ionc_a_2238553_f0003_c.jpg)
Table 4. Relative risk ratios for secondary carcinomas (left lung, right lung, right breast) assessed using the Schneider’s models.