title: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: radiosurgery quality assurance guidelines.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kline
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gillin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Souhami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirschfeld
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dinapoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000592:standards*