title: RPC technical report #18: information that should be included in every patient's radiotherapy treatment record (external beam).
abstract: The Radiological Physics Center (RPC) has frequently been asked to develop a model daily treatment record. It became obvious that there was some minimum information that must be in patient records. However, equally obvious was the fact that practices at institutions could be very different, so organization of information in records was different. We have compiled a list of data that must be in a patient's treatment record to assure that the radiation treatment can be reconstructed at a later date. The ordering of this information in forms and records is left to the discretion of the institution.
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics Center, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shalek
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roll
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy