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The treatment of children and young adults with cancer and conditions that require irradiation is challenging. Tumors in these patients arise in critical locations throughout the body. All treatments result in morbidity. Cure remains elusive for many patients owing to diverse biology, resistance to therapy, and failure to appreciate subclinical disease extent.
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- Diverse Biota
- Intensity-modulated Proton Therapy
- Molecular Risk Stratification
- Including Disease Control
- Pediatric Radiation Oncology
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Merchant, T.E., Kortmann, RD. (2018). Future Directions. In: Merchant, T., Kortmann, RD. (eds) Pediatric Radiation Oncology. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43545-9_22
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