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Table 5 Activity distributions in normal liver tissue adjacent to 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)

5 ≤ m ≤ 14

16 ≤ m ≤ 41

43 ≤ m ≤ 102

5 ≤ m ≤ 102

m ¯ (mg)

10

27

69

35

n

26

24

25

75

Spheres ¯ /biopsy

380

920

2,300

1,200

A ¯ / m ¯ (Bq/mg)

1,900

1,700

1,700

1,700

CV

0.81

0.58

0.45

0.64

SK

1.8

1.2

0.69

1.9

  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.