EORTC Radiation Oncology Group quality assurance platform: Establishment of a digital central review facility

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-286

  Fairchild, Alysa ^a,b   Aird, Edwin ^c   Fenton, Paul A ^d   Gregoire, Vincent ^e   Gulyban, Akos ^f   Lacombe, Denis ^a   Matzinger, Oscar ^g   Poortmans, Philip ^h   Ruyskart, Pascal ^a   Weber, Damien C ⁱ   Hurkmans, Coen W ^j  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h Institute Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

ⁱ GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^j CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Central review; Clinical trial; Platform; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84861817428     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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