[Development of guidelines in radiation oncology].
BACKGROUND
On a national and international level many scientific and health political efforts are undertaken to develop specific guidelines for various medical disciplines. They are thought to improve the transparency of the medical health system and guarantee an improvement and special care for the individual patients. Besides other medical disciplines radiation oncology also has to develop and establish such guidelines.


METHODS
After a specific definition of the different terms "standard", "guidelines" and "recommendation" a general description of the principle process involved in the development of guidelines is given. Furthermore, the current activities of the special working group "Quality Control in Radiation Oncology" of the German Radiation Oncology Society are elaborated.


RESULTS
A detailed set of guidelines is expected to be completed by the end of 1997.
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Abteilung Strahlentherapie und Nuklearmedizin, Alfrjed Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Kran-kenhaus, Essen-Rüttenscheid.
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D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical