The report of Task Group 100 of the AAPM: Application of risk analysis methods to radiation therapy quality management

MS Huq, BA Fraass, PB Dunscombe… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing complexity of modern radiation therapy planning and delivery challenges
traditional prescriptive quality management (QM) methods, such as many of those included …

Systems thinking for health emergencies: use of process mapping during outbreak response

KN Durski, D Naidoo, S Singaravelu, AA Shah… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Process mapping is a systems thinking approach used to understand, analyse and optimise
processes within complex systems. We aim to demonstrate how this methodology can be …

Improving the efficiency of image guided brachytherapy in cervical cancer

S Otter, A Franklin, M Ajaz, A Stewart - Journal of Contemporary …, 2016 - termedia.pl
Purpose Brachytherapy is an essential part of the treatment of locally advanced cervical
cancer. The ultimate conformal radiotherapy allows a high dose of radiotherapy to be …

Guidelines by the AAPM and GEC‐ESTRO on the use of innovative brachytherapy devices and applications: Report of Task Group 167

R Nath, MJ Rivard, LA DeWerd, WA Dezarn… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although a multicenter, Phase III, prospective, randomized trial is the gold standard for
evidence‐based medicine, it is rarely used in the evaluation of innovative devices because …

Workflow and efficiency in MRI-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in a high-volume brachytherapy center

H Kim, CJ Houser, R Kalash, CA Maceil, B Palestra… - Brachytherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose We report the clinical workflow and time required for MRI-based image-guided
brachytherapy (MR-IGBT) of cervical cancer patients in a high-volume brachytherapy center …

Analysis of applicator insertion related acute side effects for cervical cancer treated with brachytherapy

J Chen, N Zhang, Y Liu, D Han, Z Mao, W Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To report applicator insertion-related acute side effects during brachytherapy (BT)
procedure for cervical cancer patients. Materials and Methods Between November 2017 and …

A risk-based approach to development of ultrasound-based high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy quality management

J Poder, R Brown, A Howie, J Yuen, A Ralston… - Brachytherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to apply a risk-based approach to the development
of a quality management (QM) program for ultrasound-based high-dose-rate (HDR) prostate …

Developing next-generation 3-dimensional printing for cervical cancer hybrid brachytherapy: A guided interstitial technique enabling improved flexibility, dosimetry …

M Marar, T Niedermayr, EA Kidd - International Journal of Radiation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose We developed a 3-dimensionally (3D) printed tandem anchored radially guiding
interstitial template (TARGIT) to increase the simplicity of intracavitary/interstitial technique …

Failure modes and effects analysis in image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy: Quality control optimization to reduce errors in treatment volume

S Wadi-Ramahi, W Alnajjar, R Mahmood, N Jastaniyah… - Brachytherapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Analyze the inputs which cause treatment to the wrong volume in high-dose-rate
brachytherapy (HDRB), with emphasis on imaging role during implant, planning, and …

Analysis of operative duration of image-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer

Y Takagawa, M Machida, I Seto, S Komori… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The present study aimed to analyze the operative duration of image-guided
brachytherapy (IGBT) for cervical cancer performed at our institution. Methods We enrolled …