title: Role of radiation therapy in pediatric cancer.
abstract: Whether in its preventive role of CNS prophylaxis for high-risk ALL, its central role in brain tumors, its adjunct role combined with chemotherapy for disease such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma, or its palliative role for metastatic disease, radiation remains an important therapy for pediatric cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5847, USA. iris.gibbs@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Iris C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Nimi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tuamokumo
authors.forename: Torunn I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Yock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002648:Child; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology