Comparing Proton and Photon Therapy: Insights from an NCI Pediatric Study

The Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) aims to enhance your access to pediatric cancer data, thereby advancing your research through data science techniques to address critical questions in the field.  Through its programs and resources, the CCDI provides opportunities for data scientists and researchers like you to explore how data-driven methodologies can help shape the future of pediatric cancer treatments and outcomes.

In this upcoming webinar, join Drs. Cari Kitahara and Choonsik Lee to learn more about the NCI Pediatric Proton and Photon Therapy Comparison Cohort, a multi-center study and collaboration between the NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital, and investigators from participating treatment centers. 

Proton radiotherapy has emerged as the preferred radiotherapy method for some cancers—especially in children—because it lowers radiation exposure to healthy tissues and potentially reduces the risk of adverse treatment-related health effects. 

About the Pediatric Proton and Photon Therapy Comparison Cohort Study

This study, funded in part by the CCDI, compares the risk of subsequent cancers for pediatric cancer patients treated with proton versus photon radiotherapy. Patient enrollment and assembly of clinical and radiotherapy treatment data has been ongoing since 2020. 

This webinar will focus on:

• the study design,
• current enrollment status, and
• state-of-the-art methods—developed specifically for this cohort—to determine the amount of radiation exposure to different body sites. 

You’ll have time to ask questions and share feedback to help maximize the potential of this resource for future research studies and inform clinical practice. 

If you are an individual with a disability who needs reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please email CCDIevents@mail.nih.gov by October 1. 

This webinar is part of the CCDI webinar series, which highlights how to use CCDI’s web applications, platforms, and data, and gives attendees the opportunity to learn how to use available resources.