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Table 6 Activity distributions in tumour tissue 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 ≤ 11

12 ≤ m ≤ 37

38 ≤ m ≤ 95

5 ≤ m ≤ 95

m ¯ (mg)

8.4

23

65

32

n

14

14

13

41

Spheres ¯ /biopsy

690

2,100

3,100

1,900

A ¯ / m ¯ (Bq/mg)

4,100

4,500

2,400

3,000

CV

0.50

0.71

0.36

0.65

SK

0.78

2.9

−1.3

2.8

  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.