The Pediatric Proton and Photon Therapy Comparison Cohort: Study Design for a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort to Investigate Subsequent Cancers After Pediatric Radiation Therapy

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings will affect clinical practice for pediatric patients with cancer by providing the first large-scale systematic comparison of the risk of subsequent cancers from proton compared with photon therapy.PMID:38047226 | PMC:PMC10692298 | DOI:10.1016/j.adro.2023.101273

Source: Adv Data - December 4, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Amy Berrington de Gonz ález Todd M Gibson Choonsik Lee Paul S Albert Keith T Griffin Cari Meinhold Kitahara Danping Liu Matthew M Mille Jungwook Shin Benjamin V M Bajaj Tristin E Flood Sara L Gallotto Harald Paganetti Safia K Ahmed Bree R Eaton Daniel J Source Type: research