Errors from radiotherapy machine or software malfunction usually are well documented as
they affect hundreds of patients, whereas random errors affecting individual patients are …

Background Cancer is a rapidly increasing problem in developing countries. Access, quality
and efficiency of cancer services in developing countries must be understood to advance …

Objectives External inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of
inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Radiation Oncology Safety Information System
(ROSIS) was established in 2001. The aim of ROSIS is to collate and share information on …

Pediatric radiotherapy is a critical part of pediatric oncology protocols and the quality of the
radiotherapy may determine the future quality of life for long‐term survivors. Multidisciplinary …

Cloud computing allows for vast computational resources to be leveraged quickly and easily
in bursts as and when required. Here we describe a technique that allows for Monte Carlo …

Radiotherapy utilization rates in rural Australia are suboptimal, with one solution being the
building of single machine units (SMUs). One concern raised with such an approach is the …

Purpose/objective A national incentive brought about the instauration of systematic clinical
audits of all Belgian radiotherapy departments (n= 25) from 2011 to 2015 using the …

Purpose: There has been little radiation oncologist (RO)-specific research in continuing
medical education (CME) or quality improvement (QI) program efficacy. Our aim was to …

Objective This work develops a cost analysis estimation for a mammography clinic, taking
into account resource utilization and equipment failure rates. Materials and methods Two …