… for improving safety in radiation oncology (RO) clinics, but few reports focus on the causes
of errors in RO. The goal of this study was to test a causal factor taxonomy developed in 2012 …

… for improving safety in radiation oncology (RO) clinics, but few reports focus on the causes
of errors in RO. The goal of this study was to test a causal factor taxonomy developed in 2012 …

… Publicly available quarterly RO-ILS reports detail events collected and causal factors.95
Another PSO system specific to radiation oncology is the CARS-PSO administered by the …

… , even when techniques to address measured confounding factors have been applied.
Other methods that arise from the causal inference literature, including instrumental variable …

… For the individual not being treated in a radiation oncology department not experienced
with IMRT eventually means an adverse factor with respect of his further quality of life [10]. …

… ROQC), radiation oncologist, dosimetrist, radiation therapist, nurse, … Considering radiation
oncology area, we selected … reporting) AND (radiation oncology OR radiation therapy), limited …

… Clearly however, clinical trials with human patients not only are a more familiar experimental
system to radiation oncologists, but also efficacy in cancer patients is, ultimately, what leads …

… Internal validity suggests that the causal relationship between the intervention and outcome
is, in fact, due to the assigned treatment and not to other factors that can potentially influence …

… basic causes of, and contributory factors to, errors that can occur in radiation oncology. The
lists are organized into a … The utility of this taxonomy depends on several factors including: …

… between the case volume of radiation oncologists and the survival of patients … radiation
oncologists have better survival compared with those treated by low‐volume radiation oncologists…