Practice patterns and recommendations for pediatric image‐guided radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group report

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 ab...

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Published in:Pediatric blood & cancer 2020-10, Vol.67 (10), p.e28629-n/a
Main Authors: Hua, Chia‐ho, Vern‐Gross, Tamara Z., Hess, Clayton B., Olch, Arthur J., Alaei, Parham, Sathiaseelan, Vythialingam, Deng, Jun, Ulin, Kenneth, Laurie, Fran, Gopalakrishnan, Mahesh, Esiashvili, Natia, Wolden, Suzanne L., Krasin, Matthew J., Merchant, Thomas E, Donaldson, Sarah S., FitzGerald, Thomas J., Constine, Louis S., Hodgson, David C., Haas‐Kogan, Daphne A., Mahajan, Anita, Laack, Nadia N., Marcus, Karen J., Taylor, Paige A., Ahern, Verity A., Followill, David S., Buchsbaum, Jeffrey C., Breneman, John C., Kalapurakal, John A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Children
COG
Hematology
Humans
IGRT
Neoplasms - pathology
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Oncology
pediatric patients
Pediatrics
Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards
practice patterns
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards
radiation oncology
Radiation Oncology - standards
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided - methods
Training
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1545-5009
1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.28629