524 / 1084
676 patients
• 413 3DCRT
• 263 IMRT
IMRT worse performance status
MD Anderson, retrospective
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3DCRT modality independent predictor
of all-cause mortality
fewer postsurgical gastrointestinal and
pulmonary complications with IMRT