Thomas J FitzGerald, Maryann Bishop-Jodoin, Fran Laurie, Elizabeth O'Meara, Christine Davis, Jeffrey Bogart, John Kalapurakal, Marilyn J Siegel, Bapsi Chakravarthy, Paul Okunieff, Bruce Haffty, Jeff Michalski, Kenneth Ulin, David S Followill, Stephen Kry, Michael Knopp, Jun Zhang, Don Rosen, Mark Rosen, Ying Xiao, Lawrence Schwartz, Janaki Moni, Maria Giulia Cicchetti
Imaging is essential in successfully executing radiation therapy (RT) in oncology clinical trials. As technically sophisticated diagnostic imaging and RT were incorporated into trials, quality assurance in the National Clinical Trials Network groups entered a new era promoting image acquisition and review. Most trials involving RT require pre- and post-therapy imaging for target validation and outcome assessment. The increasing real-time (before and during therapy) imaging and RT object reviews are to ensure compliance with trial objectives...
November 15, 2018: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics