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Introduction: Quality, Technology, and Outcomes in Radiation Oncology
Modern radiotherapy is a highly technical field that is constantly involved in the development, testing, implementation, and evaluation (one way or another) of new technologies that can contribute to ...
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Jean M. Moran,
Benedick A. Fraass
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Quality, Technology and Outcomes: Evolution and Evaluation of New Treatments and/or New Technology
The pace of technological innovation and adoption continues to increase each year, and the field of Radiation Oncology struggles to react appropriately to the changes and potential improvements in tre...
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Benedick A. Fraass,
Jean M. Moran
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3-10
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A Clinical Approach to Technology Assessment: How Do We and How Should We Choose the Right Treatment?
The evidence required to support the use of new technology in medicine differs from that required for new drugs. On one extreme, very little may be required for small devices, but on the other strong ...
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Anthony Zietman,
Geoffrey Ibbott
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11-17
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What We Have Learned: The Impact of Quality From a Clinical Trials Perspective
In this review article, we address the radiation oncology process improvements in clinical trials and review how these changes improve the quality for the next generation of trials. In recent years, w...
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Thomas J. FitzGerald
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18-28
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Quality Indicators for Breast Cancer: Revisiting Historical Evidence in the Context of Technology Changes
Radiation therapy for breast cancer has considerably changed over the years, from simple simulator-based 2-dimensional techniques to sophisticated image-guided individualized treatments, with maximall...
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Philip Poortmans,
Marianne Aznar,
Harry Bartelink
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29-39
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Rational Use of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: The Importance of Clinical Outcome
During the last 2 decades, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) became a standard technique despite its drawbacks of volume delineation, planning, robustness of delivery, challenging quality a...
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Wilfried De Neve,
Werner De Gersem,
Indira Madani
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40-49
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Image-Guided Radiotherapy: Has It Influenced Patient Outcomes?
Cancer control and toxicity outcomes are the mainstay of evidence-based medicine in radiation oncology. However, radiotherapy is an intricate therapy involving numerous processes that need to be execu...
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Alexis Bujold,
Tim Craig,
David Jaffray,
Laura A. Dawson
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50-61
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Quantitative Metrics for Assessing Plan Quality
Despite many studies over the last 3 decades that have attempted to explicitly quantify the decision-making process for radiotherapy treatment plan evaluation, judgments of an individual plan's degree...
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Kevin L. Moore,
R. Scott Brame,
Daniel A. Low,
Sasa Mutic
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62-69
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The Systematic Application of Quality Measures and Process Control in Clinical Radiation Oncology
There has been growing emphasis on quality measures and process analysis techniques that may be implemented in the daily practice of radiation oncology to improve the overall quality of patient care. ...
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Todd Pawlicki,
Bhisham Chera,
Trent Ning,
Lawrence B. Marks
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70-76
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Improving Quality of Patient Care by Improving Daily Practice in Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is an ever-advancing, complex, technologically based specialty that has been thrust into the public spotlight because of recent reports of serious treatment delivery errors that hav...
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Bhishamjit S. Chera,
Marianne Jackson,
Lukasz M. Mazur,
Robert Adams,
Sha Chang,
Kathy Deschesne,
Timothy Cullip,
Lawrence B. Marks
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77-85
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Erratum
In the October, 2011 issue, errors were discovered in in the article “Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases” [Semin Radiat Oncol 21(4):264-270] by Tracey E. Schefter, MD, and Brian D. Kavanagh, MD. ...
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