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Figure 5

From: Propensity-score-matched evaluation of the incidence of radiation pneumonitis and secondary cancer risk for breast cancer patients treated with IMRT/VMAT

Figure 5

The trends between RP NTCP and EAR of ipsilateral lung for patients treated with (a) IMRT or (b) VMAT. The EAR has units of excess cases per 10,000 person-years (PY)/Gy. Abbreviations: IMRT, intensity-modulated radiotherapy; VMAT, volumetric-modulated arc therapy; NTCP, normal tissue complication probability; EAR, excess absolute risk.

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