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2022 ASTRO PRESENTATIONS

Soren Bentzen: Modeling Complex Data Sets of Radiation Dose-response Data as Impacted by Multiple Critical Variables (Developmental Status, Chemotherapy, Other Risk Factors).

 

Dana Lynn Casey: Risk of Subsequent Central Nervous System Neoplasms in Childhood Cancer Survivors after Radiation Therapy: Results from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Collaboration.

Louis Constine: PENTEC: What We Have Learned About Characterizing Pediatric Radiation-associated Organ  Injury That Translates Into a Vision for How to Do Even Better.

Louis Constine: Radiation-associated Kidney Injury in Pediatric Cancer Patients: Results from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Genitourinary (GU) Task Force.

Christine Hill-Kayser: Acute Ovarian Failure and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Received Radiotherapy: A PENTEC Report.

 

David Hodgson: Epidemiologic Hurdles, Approaches to Surmounting Them, Examples of Published Misinformation That are Corrected by PENTEC Data.

Rebecca Howell: Retrospective Dose Reconstruction, Estimating Organ Dose and Dose-volume Metrics Using Modeled Anatomy.

Arthur Olch: Analyzing Reported Dosimetric Accuracy to Maximize Dose-response Model Validity.

Colette Shen: Retinopathy, Optic Neuropathy, and Cataract in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Radiotherapy: A Report from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Initiative.

 

Derek Tsang: Brain and Brainstem Necrosis after Re-Irradiation for Recurrent Childhood Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors: A Report from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Task Force.

J.F. Waxer: Risk of Cerebrovascular Events among Childhood and Adolescent Patients Receiving Cranial Radiotherapy: A PENTEC Normal Tissue Outcomes Comprehensive Review.

 

2020 ASTRO PRESENTATIONS

Colette Shen: Risks of Retinopathy and Optic Neuropathy After Radiotherapy for Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Initiative (poster).   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)32935-7/fulltext

Sarah Milgrom: Dental Abnormalities in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Radiation Therapy to the Head-and-Neck: A Report from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Group (poster).  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)32942-4/fulltext

J.F. Waxer: Radiotherapy-Induced Cerebrovascular Events Among Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer of the Central Nervous System: A PENTEC Modeling Study (poster).   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)32944-8/fulltext

 

​2019 ASTRO PRESENTATIONS

Ramiro Pino: Risk of Acute and Late Xerostomia in Pediatric Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy: Initial Results from the PENTEC Initiative (poster).   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31915-7/fulltext

Bradford Hoppe: Spermatogenesis after Testicular Radiation Exposure in Children: Initial Results from the PENTEC Initiative (poster)  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31913-3/fulltext

Matthew Poppe: Outcomes Analysis and Modeling: Radiation-Associated Kidney Injury in Pediatric Cancer Patients: Results from the PENTEC Initiative.  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31041-7/fulltext

Torunn Yock: The Risk of Hearing Loss from Radiotherapy in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Initial Results from the PENTEC Hearing Loss Task Force.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31077-6/fulltext

Rebecca Howell: Radiation Therapy-Related Cardiac Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors - Informing Clinical Decisions (interactive)   

                                                                                                                                                  

Louis Constine: Radiation-associated cardiac disease, contrasting PENTEC and QUANTEC: Kids vs. grown-ups!                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Louis Constine: Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic: An International Collaboration to Synthesize Data on Normal Tissue Radiation Dose-Volume Tolerances as Impacted by Development for Pediatric Cancer Patients.

                                                                     

Louis Constine: Curing Children with Cancer, But at What Cost? PENTEC: Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic - Overview of Results from Multiple International Task Forces.

Ivan Vogelius: Hypothyroidism After Radiotherapy in Children: Initial Results of Thyroid Gland Dose-Response Relationship from the PENTEC Initiative.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31380-X/fulltext

   

Soren Bentzen: Methodologic Pitfalls in Determining Radiation Dose Constraints in Pediatric Organs and the Path Forward.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Andrew Jackson: Modeling Normal Tissue Complication Probabilities in Children with Examples from PENTEC Task Forces. 

                                                                                                                                                 

David Hodgson: Clinical Modifiers of Dose-Risk Relationships in Childhood Cancer Survivors-Results from PENTEC Organ System Task Forces.

 

James Bates: Cardiac Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Radiotherapy: Final Results from the PENTEC Group.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31451-8/fulltext

 

​2018 ASTRO PRESENTATIONS

​Mary Fran McAleer: Pulmonary Acute and Late Effects after Radiation for Childhood Cancer: A Report from the PENTEC (Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic) Initiative.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)31453-6/fulltext

Michele Avanzo: Modeling the Risk of Neurocognitive Effects from Rad Therapy in Childhood Cancer Survivors.  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)31451-2/fulltext

Senior Author Andrea Lo / Presenter: Karen Marcus: Risks of Breast Hypoplasia & Decreased Lactation from RT in Survivors of Pediatric Malignancy: Results from the PENTEC Initiative (ePoster discussion).  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)31452-4/fulltext

Kathryn Dusenbery: Pulmonary Complications of Total Body Irradiation in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Results from the PENTEC Initiative (ePoster discussion).  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)31454-8/fulltext

 

​SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS / 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™/0.50 CAMPEP Credits.  This session offers a summary of the most relevant abstracts from the Pediatric track, including:

James Bates: Modeling Radiotherapy-Related Risk of Heart Failure in Survivors of Pediatric Malignancy: Early Results from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) Group.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)31157-X/fulltext

     

Christine Hill-Kayser: Ovarian toxicity in pediatric cancer survivors after abdominopelvic radiotherapy: A report from the PENTEC Initiative.  https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)32813-X/fulltext

Benjamin Cooper: Predictive Factors Associated with Radiation Myelitis in Pediatric Cancer Patients: Results from the PENTEC Initiative.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)32791-3/fulltext

 

Natia Esiashvili: Risk of Kyphoscoliosis in Pediatric Patients Receiving Radiotherapy: Results from the Musculoskeletal Task Force of the PENTEC Initiative.   https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(18)32801-3/fulltext

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