title: [Quality criteria in radiotherapy for head and neck cancers under the aegis of Head and Neck Intergroup].
abstract: The aim of radiotherapy is to deliver enough radiation to the tumor in order to achieve maximum tumour control in the irradiated volume with as few serious complications as possible with an irradiation dose as low as possible to normal tissue. The quality of radiotherapy is essential for optimal treatment and quality control is to reduce the bias in clinical trials avoiding possible major deviations. The assurance and quality control programs have been developed in large european (EORTC, GORTEC) and american cooperative groups (RTOG) of radiation oncology since the 1980s. We insist here on the importance of quality assurance in radiotherapy and the current status in this domain and the criteria for quality control especially for current clinical trials within GORTEC are discussed here.
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave Roussy, département de radiothérapie, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France, Groupe d'oncologie radiothérapie tête et cou (GORTEC), Tours, France.
authors.forename: Yungan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Groupe d'oncologie radiothérapie tête et cou (GORTEC), Tours, France.
authors.forename: Nadejeda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vintonenko
authors.affiliation: Institut Sainte-Catherine, Avignon, France.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Institut de cancérologie de Lorraine Alexis-Vautrin, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier universitaire de Charleroi, Belgique.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomsej
authors.affiliation: Groupe d'oncologie radiothérapie tête et cou (GORTEC), Tours, France, Institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest René-Gauducheau, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bardet
authors.affiliation: Groupe d'oncologie radiothérapie tête et cou (GORTEC), Tours, France, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourhis
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000592:standards*
keywords: cancer; head and neck; quality assurance; quality control; radiotherapy