UF Radiation Oncology Team Receives Grant for US Pediatric Proton/Photon Therapy Cohort Study
Daniel Indelicato, MD, professor, Mendenhall Endowed Chair, and associate vice chair of the UF Department of Radiation Oncology, has been awarded a one-year, $160,000 NIH/NCI grant for the United States Pediatric Proton Therapy study.
This is a prospective cohort study including pediatric cancer patients treated with proton therapy and a comparison group of similar patients treated with photon therapy. It is part of a broader effort by the Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to quantify second cancer risks associated with ionizing radiation exposures in pediatric cancer patients.
REB has a specific interest in the risk of second tumors following proton therapy in children due to concerns regarding the possibility of whole-body neutron scatter causing second tumors.
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