Practice patterns and recommendations for pediatric image-guided radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group report Guidelines
| Authors: | Hua, C. H.; Vern-Gross, T. Z.; Hess, C. B.; Olch, A. J.; Alaei, P.; Sathiaseelan, V.; Deng, J.; Ulin, K.; Laurie, F.; Gopalakrishnan, M.; Esiashvili, N.; Wolden, S. L.; Krasin, M. J.; Merchant, T. E.; Donaldson, S. S.; FitzGerald, T. J.; Constine, L. S.; Hodgson, D. C.; Haas-Kogan, D. A.; Mahajan, A.; Laack, N. N.; Marcus, K. J.; Taylor, P. A.; Ahern, V. A.; Followill, D. S.; Buchsbaum, J. C.; Breneman, J. C.; Kalapurakal, J. A. |
| Title: | Practice patterns and recommendations for pediatric image-guided radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group report |
| Abstract: | 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. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC |
| Keywords: | child; controlled study; radiotherapy; practice guideline; radiation oncology; igrt; vignette; image guided radiotherapy; ionization; decision tree; practice patterns; pediatric patients; human; article; pediatric patient; physicist; cog |
| Journal Title: | Pediatric Blood and Cancer |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1545-5009 |
| Publisher: | Wiley Periodicals, Inc |
| Date Published: | 2020-10-01 |
| Start Page: | e28629 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pbc.28629 |
| PUBMED: | 32776500 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC7774502 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Source: Scopus |
