Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP)

Jeannette Parkes; Clayton Hess; Hester Burger; Yavuz Anacak; Verity Ahern; Scott C. Howard; Moawia Elhassan; Soha Ahmed; Mithra Ghalibafian; Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi; Bilal Mazhar Qureshi; Mohamed Zaghloul; Eduardo Zubizarreta; Pierre Bey; Alan Davidson; Eric Bouffet; Natia Esiashvili

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Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP)

Jeannette Parkes, Clayton Hess, Hester Burger, Yavuz Anacak, Verity Ahern, Scott C. Howard, Moawia Elhassan, Soha Ahmed, Mithra Ghalibafian, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Mohamed Zaghloul, Eduardo Zubizarreta, Pierre Bey, Alan Davidson, Eric Bouffet, Natia Esiashvili

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Pediatric radiotherapy is a critical part of pediatric oncology protocols and the quality of the radiotherapy may determine the future quality of life for long-term survivors. Multidisciplinary team decision making provides the basis for high-quality care. However, delivery of high-quality radiotherapy is dependent on resources. This article provides guidelines for delivery of good quality radiation therapy in resource-limited countries based on rational procurement and maintenance planning, protocol development, three-dimensional planning, quality assurance, and adequate staff numbers and training.

Original language	English
Article number	e26903
Journal	Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26903
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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LMIC
PODC
PROS
Pediatric radiotherapy
adapted treatment regimen
low and middle income countries

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Parkes, J., Hess, C., Burger, H., Anacak, Y., Ahern, V., Howard, S. C., Elhassan, M., Ahmed, S., Ghalibafian, M., Abbasi, A. N., Qureshi, B. M., Zaghloul, M., Zubizarreta, E., Bey, P., Davidson, A., Bouffet, E., & Esiashvili, N. (2017). Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP). Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 64, Article e26903. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26903

Parkes, Jeannette ; Hess, Clayton ; Burger, Hester et al. / Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) : A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP). In: Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2017 ; Vol. 64.

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Parkes J, Hess C, Burger H, Anacak Y, Ahern V, Howard SC et al. Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP). Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2017 Dec;64:e26903. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26903

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