Retrospective estimation of heart and lung doses in pediatric patients treated with spinal irradiation.

CONCLUSIONS: The models presented here provide retrospective estimates of heart and lung doses for historical cohorts of pediatric patients, thus facilitating studies of long-term adverse effects of radiation.
PMID: 29859753 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 30, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Gasic D, Rosenschöld PMA, Vogelius IR, Maraldo MV, Aznar MC, Nysom K, Björk-Eriksson T, Bentzen SM, Brodin NP Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research