Quality assurance for prospective EORTC radiation oncology trials: The challenges of advanced technology in a multicenter international setting

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Weber, Damien C ^a   Poortmans, Philip M P ^b   Hurkmans, Coen W ^c   Aird, Edwin ^d   Gulyban, Akos ^e   Fairchild, Alysa ^e  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Institute Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; EORTC; Quality assurance; Radiation Oncology Group; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FUNDING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 80051788116     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.05.073     Document Type: Review

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