[Implementing new technology in radiation oncology: The French agency for nuclear safety (ASN) report]. / Conditions de mise en œuvre des « nouvelles techniques et pratiques ¼ en radiothérapie. Synthèse du rapport du groupe de travail issu du groupe permanent d'experts en radioprotection médicale de l'Autorité de sûreté nucléaire.

In August 2013, the French nuclear safety agency (ASN) requested the permanent group of experts in radiation protection in medicine (GPMED) to propose recommendations on the implementation of new technology and techniques in radiation oncology. These recommendations were finalized in February 2015 by the GPMED. In April 2015, the ASN sent a letter to the French ministry of health (DGS/DGOS), and its national health agencies (ANSM, INCa, HAS). In these letters, ASN proposed that, from the 12 recommendations made by the GPMED, an action plan should be established, whose control could be assigned to the French national cancer institute (INCa), as a pilot of the national committee for radiotherapy and that this proposal has to be considered at the next meeting of the national committee of radiotherapy.

[Fingerprints identification of radiotherapy patients]. / Mise en œuvre d'un dispositif d'identification biométrique en radiothérapie : l'expérience du centre Oscar-Lambret.

The identification of patient plays a key role in the quality and safety of radiotherapy. It does impact on all professional staff and on patients. After the regulatory authority approval (Cnil), a pilot study has been performed on 1901 patients. Acceptance has been very high (>93%) with a low risk of misidentification (<0.1%). The next step will be to implement and test a bimodal system in order to improve registration capacity and sensitivity.