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Future Directions

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Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Part of the book series: Pediatric Oncology ((PEDIATRICO))

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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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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 210, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA

    Thomas E. Merchant D.O., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Leipzig, Stephanstr. 9a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Rolf-Dieter Kortmann M.D.

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  1. Thomas E. Merchant D.O., Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Thomas E. Merchant D.O., Ph.D. .

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Thomas E. Merchant

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Rolf-Dieter Kortmann

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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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