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Controversies in Radiation Oncology

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Current strategies in pediatric oncology have utilized an approach which balances the probability of cure and risk of acute and late toxicity from treatment. This chapter will discuss some of the recent development in pediatric radiation oncology and explores the different strategies that have been utilized, Many of the strategies have decreased either dose or volume of radiotherapy; however, in certain scenarios, the role of radiotherapy has expanded to include treatment of young children < 3 years with brain tumors, treatment of metastatic disease as part of initial therapy and use of reirradiation.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Pediatric Radiation Oncology Fellowship Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 97, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Arnold C. Paulino MD, FACR, FASTRO

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Simon S. Lo

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Bin S. Teh

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China

    Guo-Liang Jiang

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Nina A. Mayr

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Paulino, A.C. (2016). Pediatric Cancer. In: Lo, S., Teh, B., Jiang, GL., Mayr, N. (eds) Controversies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2016_46

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