Abstract
Little is known about the prevalence of pediatric radiation oncologists treating patients off study according to Children's Oncology Group (COG) trials before data are available regarding toxicity and efficacy of novel radiotherapy regimens. We conducted a 12-question survey of 358 pediatric radiation oncologists to characterize practice patterns regarding ongoing and completed COG protocols off study. With 130 responses (40.3%), the prevalence of providing treatment per protocol, but off study, before data are available in abstract or peer-reviewed form varied from 9.1% (for ACNS1422) to 88.1% (for AHOD1331). Future studies are needed to understand the effects of these practice patterns on outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e29673 |
Journal | Pediatric Blood and Cancer |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 The Authors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Keywords
- Ewing sarcoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- ependymoma
- medulloblastoma
- neuroblastoma
- rhabdomyosarcoma
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article