New quality assurance program integrating “modern radiotherapy” within the German Hodgkin Study Group
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...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
Year: 2016, Volume: 193, Issue: 2, Pages: 100-108 |
| ISSN: | 1439-099X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00066-016-1048-y |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00066-016-1048-y Verlag, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00066-016-1048-y 
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| Author Notes: | J. Kriz, C. Baues, R. Engenhart-Cabillic, U. Haverkamp, K. Herfarth, P. Lukas, H. Schmidberger, S. Marnitz-Schulze, M. Fuchs, A. Engert, H.T. Eich |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 27 September 2016 Gesehen am 28.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1439-099X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00066-016-1048-y |