Anatomical change during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, and its effect on delivered dose to the spinal cord.

Radiother Oncol · 2019 · PMC6358720 · PMID 30049455

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borderline significancep = 0.09so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Borderline significance ( p = 0.09) was seen for higher N-stage (N2-3) and higher ΔSCD 2% .

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

A possible relationship between more advanced neck disease and higher delivered SCD 2% was observed (mean ΔSCD 2% −0.86% for N0-1, 0.20% for N2-3, 95%CI −2.29 to 0.16%, p = 0.088), although this did not reach statistical significance.

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