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Table 4 Activity distributions in normal liver tissue far away from the tumour of Pt 2

From: Heterogeneity of microsphere distribution in resected liver and tumour tissue following selective intrahepatic radiotherapy

 

Small mass

Medium mass

Large mass

All

Mass (mg)

6 ≤ m ≤ 14

15 ≤ m ≤ 39

40 ≤ m ≤ 91

6 ≤ m ≤ 91

m ¯ (mg)

10

27

66

35

n

29

26

29

84

Spheres ¯ /biopsy

300

590

1,200

740

A ¯ / m ¯ (Bq/mg)

1,500

1,100

900

1,000

CV

1.4

1.0

0.63

1.3

SK

3.0

1.8

0.82

4.0

  1. CV, coefficient of variation; m ¯ , mean mass of n tissue biopsies; Spheres ¯ /biopsy, average number of spheres per biopsy; A ¯ / m ¯ , mean activity concentration; SK, skew of the distribution.