The public reporting of patient outcomes is crucial for quality improvement and informing
patient choice. However, outcome reporting in radiotherapy, despite being a major …

Quality Indicators, based on clinical practice guidelines, have been used in medicine and
within oncology to measure quality of care for over twenty years. However, radiation …

Background and purpose The IAEA has developed a methodology for comprehensive
quality audits of radiotherapy practices called Quality Assurance Team for Radiation …

Purpose/objective To promote best practice and quality of care, the Belgian College of
Physicians for Radiotherapy Centers established a set of radiotherapy specific quality …

As radiotherapy practice and processes become more complex, the need to assure quality
control becomes ever greater. At present, no international consensus exists with regards to …

Introduction In 2010, the American Society for Radiation Oncology launched a national
campaign to improve patient safety in radiation therapy. One recommendation included the …

Purpose It is challenging for the radiation oncology practitioner to manage and implement
the plethora of recently generated recommendations on quality and safety improvement. The …

BACKGROUND QuADRANT was a research project funded by the European Commission to
evaluate clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe, with an emphasis on …

Introduction Many publications have proposed quality standards for stereotactic ablative
body radiotherapy (SABR). However, data on the level of compliance with these guidelines …

Safety concerns may arise from a lack of standardization and ambiguity during the treatment
planning and delivery process in radiation therapy. A standardized target and organ‐at‐risk …