Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: radiosurgery quality assurance guidelines.
A multidisciplinary Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) task force has developed quality assurance guidelines for radiosurgery. The purpose of the guidelines are fourfold: (1) To ensure that participating institutions have the proper equipment and appropriate technique(s) to administer radiosurgery; (2) to outline a standard data set for each treated patient to assess protocol compliance; (3) to define minor and major deviations in protocol treatment; and (4) to set forth clinical data necessary to determine treatment efficacy, including failure patterns, and treatment toxicity. These guidelines are being implemented into active and developing radiosurgery protocols.
Shaw
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Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Kline
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R
Gillin
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M
Souhami
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L
Hirschfeld
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A
Dinapoli
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R
Martin
L
L
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000592:standards*