Guide for paediatric radiotherapy procedures.

{"article_title":"Guide for paediatric radiotherapy procedures.","author":"Laprie A, Bernier V, Padovani L, Martin V, Chargari C, Supiot S, Claude L","journal_title":"Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique","issn":"1769-6658","isbn":"","publication_date":"2022-02-01","volume":"26","issue":"1-Feb","first_page":"356","page_count":"","accession_number":"34969622","doi":"10.1016\/j.canrad.2021.11.018","publisher":"Elsevier","doctype":"Journal Article","subjects":"France; Neoplasms radiotherapy; Brain Neoplasms radiotherapy; Cancer Care Facilities; Cerebellar Neoplasms radiotherapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Craniospinal Irradiation methods; France; Hodgkin Disease radiotherapy; Humans; Kidney Neoplasms radiotherapy; Medulloblastoma radiotherapy; Neuroblastoma radiotherapy; Radiation Oncologists education; Radiation Oncology organization & administration; Radiotherapy methods; Radiotherapy standards; Rhabdomyosarcoma radiotherapy; Sarcoma, Ewing radiotherapy; Soft Tissue Neoplasms radiotherapy; Wilms Tumor radiotherapy","interest_area":["Pediatric Medicine"," Radiology"," Oncology"],"abstract":"A third of children with cancer receive radiotherapy as part of their initial treatment, which represents 800 paediatric irradiations per year in France carried out in 15 specialized centres approved on the recommendations of the French national cancer institute in decreasing order of frequency, the types of cancer that require irradiation are: brain tumours, neuroblastomas, Ewing's sarcomas, Hodgkin's lymphomas, soft tissue sarcomas including rhabdomyosarcomas, and nephroblastomas. The treatment guidelines follow the recommendations of the French society for childhood cancers (SFCE) or the French and European prospective protocols. The therapeutic indications, the technical and\/and ballistic choices of complex cases are frequently discussed during bimonthly paediatric radiotherapy technical web-conferences. All cancers combined, overall survival being 80%, long-term toxicity logically becomes an important concern, making the preparation of treatments complex. The irradiation methods include all the techniques currently available: 3D conformational irradiation, intensity modulation radiation therapy, irradiation under normal or hypofractionated stereotaxic conditions, brachytherapy and proton therapy. We present the update of the recommendations of the French society for radiation oncology on the indications, the technical methods of realization and the organisation and the specificities of paediatric radiation oncology. Copyright \u00a9 2021. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.","url":"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mdl&AN=34969622","isPdfLink":false,"isSAML":false,"an":"34969622","number_other":"","type_pub":"","issn_electronic":"1769-6658","languages":"English","language":"eng","date_entry":"Date Created: 20211231 Date Completed: 20220217 Latest Revision: 20220217","date_update":"20240104","titleSource":"Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique [Cancer Radiother] 2022 Feb-Apr; Vol. 26 (1-2), pp. 356-367. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 27.","date_pub_cy":"","type_document":"","contract_publisher":"","authored_on":"2022-02-01","description":"A third of children with cancer receive radiotherapy as part of their initial treatment, which represents 800 paediatric irradiations per year in France carried out in 15 specialized centres approved on the recommendations of the French national cancer institute in decreasing order of frequency, the types of cancer that require irradiation are: brain tumours, neuroblastomas, Ewing's sarcomas, Hodgkin's lymphomas, soft tissue sarcomas including rhabdomyosarcomas, and nephroblastomas. The treatment guidelines follow the recommendations of the French society for childhood cancers (SFCE) or the French and European prospective protocols. The therapeutic indications, the technical and\/and ballistic choices of complex cases are frequently discussed during bimonthly paediatric radiotherapy technical web-conferences. All cancers combined, overall survival being 80%, long-term toxicity logically becomes an important concern, making the preparation of treatments complex. The irradiation methods include all the techniques currently available: 3D conformational irradiation, intensity modulation radiation therapy, irradiation under normal or hypofractionated stereotaxic conditions, brachytherapy and proton therapy. We present the update of the recommendations of the French society for radiation oncology on the indications, the technical methods of realization and the organisation and the specificities of paediatric radiation oncology.<br \/> (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)","upload_link":"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&scope=site&db=mdl&AN=34969622&authtype=shib&custid=ns346513&group=main&profile=eds","no_of_pages":"","authored_by":"Laprie A, Bernier V, Padovani L, Martin V, Chargari C, Supiot S, Claude L"}