1. Patterns of proton therapy use in pediatric cancer management in 2016: An international survey
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T.Z. Vern-Gross, Shigeyuki Murayama, Joo-Young Kim, Tetsuo Akimoto, Lilia N. Loredo, Beate Timmermann, Claire Alapetite, Masayuki Araya, Ralph P. Ermoian, B.H. Chon, Satoshi Shibata, Stephanie M. Perkins, J.B. Wilkinson, Jérôme Doyen, Takashi Ogino, Daniel J. Indelicato, Christine E. Hill-Kayser, David B. Mansur, Do Hoon Lim, Ruth A. Kleinerman, Nadia N. Laack, John Han Chih Chang, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Ronald Richter, Diana R. Withrow, V.S. Mangona, Andrew Chang, Masao Murakami, Barbora Ondrová, Torunn I. Yock, Arnold C. Paulino, Michael E. Confer, Neige Journy, Rémi Dendale, Kristin Gurtner, Rahul R. Parikh, Hiromitsu Iwata, Barbara Rombi, Yusuke Demizu, Petra Witt Nyström, Choonsik Lee, Damien C. Weber, Shinichi Shimizu, Young Kwok, Naren Ramakrishna, Chiachien J. Wang, Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Journy N., Indelicato D.J., Withrow D.R., Akimoto T., Alapetite C., Araya M., Chang A., Chang J.H.-C., Chon B., Confer M.E., Demizu Y., Dendale R., Doyen J., Ermoian R., Gurtner K., Hill-Kayser C., Iwata H., Kim J.-Y., Kwok Y., Laack N.N., Lee C., Lim D.H., Loredo L., Mangona V.S., Mansur D.B., Murakami M., Murayama S., Ogino T., Ondrova B., Parikh R.R., Paulino A.C., Perkins S., Ramakrishna N.R., Richter R., Rombi B., Shibata S., Shimizu S., Timmermann B., Vern-Gross T., Wang C.J., Weber D.C., Wilkinson J.B., Witt Nystrom P., Yock T.I., Kleinerman R.A., and Berrington de Gonzalez A.
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Adult ,Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Patterns of care ,Medizin ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neoplasms ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Proton Therapy ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,In patient ,CNS TUMORS ,Survey ,Child ,Proton therapy ,International research ,Pediatric ,business.industry ,International survey ,Cancer ,Infant ,Radiotherapy Dosage ,Hematology ,medicine.disease ,Pediatric cancer ,3. Good health ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Child, Preschool ,Observational study ,Female ,business - Abstract
Purpose: To facilitate the initiation of observational studies on late effects of proton therapy in pediatric patients, we report on current patterns of proton therapy use worldwide in patients aged less than 22 years. Materials & methods: Fifty-four proton centers treating pediatric patients in 2016 in 11 countries were invited to respond to a survey about the number of patients treated during that year by age group, intent of treatment, delivery technique and tumor types. Results: Among the 40 participating centers (participation rate: 74%), a total of 1,860 patients were treated in 2016 (North America: 1205, Europe: 432, Asia: 223). The numbers of patients per center ranged from 1 to 206 (median: 29). Twenty-four percent of the patients were
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- 2019