Patient safety in external beam radiotherapy–Guidelines on risk assessment and analysis of adverse error-events and near misses: Introducing the ACCIRAD project

J Malicki, R Bly, M Bulot, JL Godet, A Jahnen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… in risk assessment and accident handling in radiotherapy; the … regulatory control of
radiotherapy, accident preparedness, … related to radiotherapy risk assessment and incident …

Risk assessment of radiation-induced malignancies based on whole-body equivalent dose estimates for IMRT treatment in the head and neck region

D Verellen, F Vanhavere - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 1999 - Elsevier
risk of secondary malignancies induced by the treatment. This study aims at assessing the
increased risk … Because of the inefficient use of the photon beam that has been generated by …

Patient safety in external beam radiotherapy, results of the ACCIRAD project: Current status of proactive risk assessment, reactive analysis of events, and reporting …

J Malicki, R Bly, M Bulot, JL Godet, A Jahnen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
… of accidents and (2) to develop guidelines for risk analysis of accidental and unintended
exposures in external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Initial results of the ACCIRAD surveys were …

The Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment (CAPRA) in patients treated with external beam radiation therapy: Evaluation and optimization in patients at higher risk of …

S Halverson, M Schipper, K Blas, V Lee… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
… Its utility following external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) … Risk Assessment (CAPRA) was
developed to predict the risk of … patients treated with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). …

Analysis of the Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment to predict for biochemical failure after external beam radiotherapy or prostate seed brachytherapy

G Delouya, V Krishnan, JP Bahary, S Larrivée… - Urology, 2014 - Elsevier
… with either external beam radiotherapy (52.7%) or permanent-seed prostate brachytherapy
(47.3%) without any androgen deprivation. External beam radiotherapy dose levels were …

… safety in external beam radiotherapy, results of the ACCIRAD project: Recommendations for radiotherapy institutions and national authorities on assessing risks and …

J Malicki, R Bly, M Bulot, JL Godet, A Jahnen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
beam radiotherapy (EBRT), was completed in the year 2014. In 2015, the “General guidelines
on risk management in external beam radiotherapy… of the risk management process and to …

Radiation safety assessment of Cobalt 60 external beam radiotherapy using the risk-matrix method

C Duménigo, JJ Vilaragut, R Ferro, A Guillen… - 2008 - inis.iaea.org
… to this task in radiotherapy departments, have prevented its use on a wider scale. In this
work a safety assessment of 60Co external beam radiotherapy treatments using the risk matrix …

Beam path toxicity in candidate organs-at-risk: assessment of radiation emetogenesis for patients receiving head and neck intensity modulated radiotherapy

E Kocak-Uzel, GB Gunn, RR Colen, ME Kantor… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy alone to the head and neck region, in the pre-IMRT era, was held to … risk of
RANV [14], [15], However, data suggest that it is commonly encountered in radiation therapy for …

Comparative risk assessment of secondary cancer incidence after treatment of Hodgkin's disease with photon and proton radiation

U Schneider, A Lomax, N Lombriser - Radiation research, 2000 - meridian.allenpress.com
… This result is independent of the number of beams used. Our work suggests that there
are radiotherapy indications in which intensity-modulated treatments will result in little or no …

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Application in External Beam Radiotherapy: a Systematic Review.

V Manestar, A O'Donovan… - Radiology News Journal …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
… Conclusion: FMEA is a well-established and widely used tool for prospective risk assessment
in radiotherapy. As a result of this analysis, recommendations for more standardized …