Quality assurance in radiation oncology
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چکیده
The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has a strong quality assurance (QA) program managed by the Imaging and Radiation Core (IROC). This consists of credentialing centers providing real-time management each case for protocol compliant target definition radiation delivery. In International Society Pediatric (SIOP), lack an available, reliable online data platform been challenge European Paediatric (SIOPE) excellence in radiotherapy imaging children adolescents with cancer across Europe clinical trials (QUARTET) currently provides QA review prospective trials. COG SIOP are fully committed to that ensures uniform execution treatments validity used analysis.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Blood & Cancer
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1545-5017', '1545-5009']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28609