TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality assurance in radiation oncology
AU - FitzGerald, Thomas J.
AU - Followill, David
AU - Laurie, Fran
AU - Boterberg, Tom
AU - Hanusik, Richard
AU - Kessel, Sandra
AU - Karolczuk, Kathryn
AU - Iandoli, Matthew
AU - Ulin, Kenneth
AU - Morano, Karen
AU - Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann
AU - Kry, Stephen
AU - Lowenstein, Jessica
AU - Molineu, Andrea
AU - Moni, Janaki
AU - Cicchetti, M. Giulia
AU - Prior, Fred
AU - Saltz, Joel
AU - Sharma, Ashish
AU - Mandeville, Henry C.
AU - Bernier-Chastagner, Valerie
AU - Janssens, Geert
N1 - Funding Information:
The portfolio of site qualification and credentialing core services within IROC managed by the Houston QA center is large and functions in an enterprise manner. Over the past 5?years, 1840 radiation oncology (4800 radiation oncology machines) sites were identified as the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) participants (556 have been identified as being affiliated with COG). Site demographic data are collected at qualification, credentialing, and annually thereafter. The portfolio of site qualification and credentialing core services within IROC managed by the Houston QA center is large and functions in an enterprise manner. Over the past 5?years, 1840 radiation oncology (4800 radiation oncology machines) sites were identified as the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) participants (556 have been identified as being affiliated with COG).
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PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has a strong quality assurance (QA) program managed by the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core (IROC). This program consists of credentialing centers and providing real-time management of each case for protocol compliant target definition and radiation delivery. In the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), the lack of an available, reliable online data platform has been a challenge and the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) quality and excellence in radiotherapy and imaging for children and adolescents with cancer across Europe in clinical trials (QUARTET) program currently provides QA review for prospective clinical trials. The COG and SIOP are fully committed to a QA program that ensures uniform execution of protocol treatments and provides validity of the clinical data used for analysis.
AB - The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has a strong quality assurance (QA) program managed by the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core (IROC). This program consists of credentialing centers and providing real-time management of each case for protocol compliant target definition and radiation delivery. In the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), the lack of an available, reliable online data platform has been a challenge and the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) quality and excellence in radiotherapy and imaging for children and adolescents with cancer across Europe in clinical trials (QUARTET) program currently provides QA review for prospective clinical trials. The COG and SIOP are fully committed to a QA program that ensures uniform execution of protocol treatments and provides validity of the clinical data used for analysis.
KW - credentialing
KW - quality assurance
KW - radiation therapy
KW - Radiation Oncology/standards
KW - Neoplasms/radiotherapy
KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Adolescent
KW - Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/standards
KW - Child
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U2 - 10.1002/pbc.28609
DO - 10.1002/pbc.28609
M3 - Article
C2 - 33818891
AN - SCOPUS:85103679003
SN - 1545-5009
VL - 68 Suppl 2
JO - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
JF - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
IS - S2
M1 - e28609
ER -