a decreasing trendp > 0.05
The rate of EBRT alone showed a decreasing trend (100% to 0%) from 2000 to 2005 and then slowly raised to a level of about 25% from 2005 to 2015 ( p > 0.05).
The rate of EBRT alone showed a decreasing trend (100% to 0%) from 2000 to 2005 and then slowly raised to a level of about 25% from 2005 to 2015 ( p > 0.05).
Whereas the rate of patients who underwent combined EBRT plus VBT declined from 87.5% to around 25% from 2005 to 2015; this trend did not reach statistical significance ( p > 0.05).
Although a considerable proportion of HIR patients still received EBRT ± VBT in earlier times, a significant trend of the increasing VBT utilization rate was observed.