Recommendations of the EVA GEC ESTRO Working Group: Prescribing, recording, and reporting in endovascular brachytherapy. Quality assurance, equipment, personnel and education

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-360

  Pötter, Richard ^a   Van Limbergen, Erik ^b   Dries, Wim ^c   Popowski, Youri ^d   Coen, Veronique ^e   Fellner, Claudia ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^a   Levendag, Peter ^e   Marijnissen, Hans ^e   Marsiglia, Hugo ^f   Mazeron, Jean Jaques ^g   Pokrajac, Boris ^a   Scalliet, Pierre ^h   Tamburini, Vittorio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Education; Endovascular brachytherapy; Equipment; Lengths and volumes; Personnel; Prescribing; Procedures and responsibilities; Quality assurance; Recording; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; EQUIPMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 0343371769     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00335-2     Document Type: Article

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