Challenges in Credentialing Institutions and Participants in Advanced Technology Multi-institutional Clinical Trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a   Followill, David S ^a   Molineu, H Andrea ^a   Lowenstein, Jessica R ^a   Alvarez, Paola E ^a   Roll, Joye E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Credentialing; Quality assurance; Radiation physics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CREDENTIALING; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION TREATMENTS;

RADIOLOGY;

ACCREDITATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CREDENTIALING; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749124562     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.083     Document Type: Article

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