Basic principles of paediatric radiotherapy.
This article gives an introduction to the fundamentals of paediatric radiotherapy, describing the historical development of the speciality and its organisation in the UK, the clinical pathway (including issues around immobilisation) and an overview of indications for radiotherapy in the paediatric population. Late effects of radiotherapy, their mitigation and the role of the late effects clinic are summarised.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Bebington, Wirral, UK. nicky.thorp@clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk
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