New quality assurance program integrating "modern radiotherapy" within the German Hodgkin Study Group.
Strahlenther Onkol
; 193(2): 100-108, 2017 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Field design changed substantially from extended-field RT (EF-RT) to involved-field RT (IF-RT) and now to involved-node RT (IN-RT) and involved-site RT (IS-RT) as well as treatment techniques in radiotherapy (RT) of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the establishment of a quality assurance program (QAP) including modern RT techniques and field designs within the German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG).METHODS:
In the era of modern conformal RT, this QAP had to be fundamentally adapted and a new evaluation process has been intensively discussed by the radiotherapeutic expert panel of the GHSG.RESULTS:
The expert panel developed guidelines and criteria to analyse "modern" field designs and treatment techniques. This work is based on a dataset of 11 patients treated within the sixth study generation (HD16-17).CONCLUSION:
To develop a QAP of "modern RT", the expert panel defined criteria for analysing current RT procedures. The consensus of a modified QAP in ongoing and future trials is presented. With this schedule, the QAP of the GHSG could serve as a model for other study groups.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde
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Doença de Hodgkin
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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto
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Radioterapia (Especialidade)
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Fidelidade a Diretrizes
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Radioterapia Conformacional
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article