Material and Method
Hospital information management system (HIMS) and radiation oncology
record system were searched to identify children aged up to 19 years of
age and received RT based on the pediatric protocol. All patients from
(January 2009 to Dec 2020) who received radiation therapy were
retrospectively reviewed. All adult cancer patients (>19
years) were excluded from the study. Data was collected for age,
diagnosis, general anesthesia for radiation planning, site, dose, and
other parameters related to RT. All pediatric tumors were classified
based on the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, Third
Edition (ICCC-3).[3] All the patients who fulfilled the inclusion
criteria were reviewed to fill the performa in a de-identified manner.
After collecting information for each patient, data was compiled using
Microsoft Excel 2020. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25.0.
Frequencies and percentages were calculated for demographics, clinical
characteristics, and treatment-related variables.