Practice patterns and recommendations for pediatric image-guided radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group report.
Chia-Ho HuaTamara Z Vern-GrossClayton B HessArthur J OlchParham AlaeiVythialingam SathiaseelanJun DengKenneth UlinFran LaurieMahesh GopalakrishnanNatia EsiashviliSuzanne L WoldenMatthew J KrasinThomas E MerchantSarah S DonaldsonThomas J FitzGeraldLouis S ConstineAndrea C LoDaphne A Haas-KoganAnita MahajanNadia N Issa LaackKaren J MarcusPaige A TaylorVerity A AhernDavid S FollowillJeffrey C BuchsbaumJohn C BrenemanJohn A KalapurakalPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2020)
This report by the Radiation Oncology Discipline of Children's Oncology Group (COG) describes the practice patterns of pediatric image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) based on a member survey and provides practice recommendations accordingly. The survey comprised of 11 vignettes asking clinicians about their recommended treatment modalities, IGRT preferences, and frequency of in-room verification. Technical questions asked physicists about imaging protocols, dose reduction, setup correction, and adaptive therapy. In this report, the COG Radiation Oncology Discipline provides an IGRT modality/frequency decision tree and the expert guidelines for the practice of ionizing image guidance in pediatric radiotherapy patients.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- radiation induced
- clinical practice
- palliative care
- locally advanced
- radiation therapy
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- young adults
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- cross sectional
- ejection fraction
- high resolution
- low dose
- chronic kidney disease
- deep learning
- peritoneal dialysis
- rectal cancer
- photodynamic therapy
- bone marrow
- combination therapy
- childhood cancer
- patient reported