E Gogineni, D Schaefer, A Ewing, T Andraos, D DiCostanzo, M Weldon, D Christ, S Baliga, S Jhawar, D Mitchell, J Grecula, D J Konieczkowski, J Palmer, T Jahraus, K Dibs, A Chakravarti, D Martin, M E Gamez, D Blakaj
PURPOSE: Significant heterogeneity exists in clinical quality assurance (QA) practices within radiation oncology departments, with most chart rounds lacking prospective peer-reviewed contour evaluation. This has the potential to significantly affect patient outcomes, particularly for head and neck cancers (HNC) given the large variance in target volume delineation. With this understanding, we incorporated a prospective systematic peer contour-review process into our workflow for all patients with HNC...
January 16, 2024: Practical Radiation Oncology