paediatrics Brussels 17

RT Treatment Delay (NWTS-3 & 4)

• Total of 1226 children with Stage II-IV FH children received flank or abdominal RT

• Mean RT delay: 10.9 days (median: 9 days) • 59% had RT delay between 8 to 12 days

• 8-year flank/abdominal recurrence rates were 1.9/4.8% for delay < 10 days and 1.2/5.3% for delay > 10 days (p = n.s.)

Kalapurakal JA et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003; 57:495-9