Electronic intracavitary brachytherapy quality management based on risk analysis: The report of AAPM TG 182

Bruce R Thomadsen; Peter J Biggs; Gene A Cardarelli; James C H Chu; Robert A Cormack; Wenzheng Feng; H Thompson Heaton II; Jessica R Hiatt; Jonathan N Law; Jeffery P Limmer; Zoubir Ouhib; Sujatha Pai; Sushakumari Pillai; Michael R Ringor; Mark J Rivard; Timothy J Waldron; Barrett S Caldwell; Randall W Holt; Tina L Pike; Habib Safigholi; Christopher Stacey; Frank Weigand

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Electronic intracavitary brachytherapy quality management based on risk analysis: The report of AAPM TG 182

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Electronic intracavitary brachytherapy quality management based on risk analysis: The report of AAPM TG 182

Bruce R Thomadsen, Peter J Biggs, Gene A Cardarelli, James C H Chu, Robert A Cormack, Wenzheng Feng, H Thompson Heaton II, Jessica R Hiatt, Jonathan N Law, Jeffery P Limmer, …

Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.47(4), pp.e65-e91

04/2020

DOI: 10.1002/mp.13910

PMID: 31702063

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide guidance on quality management for electronic brachytherapy. The task group used the risk-assessment approach of Task Group 100 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Because the quality management program for a device is intimately tied to the procedure in which it is used, the task group first designed quality interventions for intracavitary brachytherapy for both commercial electronic brachytherapy units in the setting of accelerated partial-breast irradiation. To demonstrate the methodology to extend an existing risk analysis for a different application, the task group modified the analysis for the case of post-hysterectomy, vaginal cuff irradiation for one of the devices. The analysis illustrated how the TG-100 methodology can lead to interventions to reduce risks and improve quality for each unit and procedure addressed. This report provides a model to guide facilities establishing a quality management program for electronic brachytherapy.

Brachytherapy - instrumentation

Electrical Equipment and Supplies

Quality Control

Research Report

Risk Assessment

Societies, Medical

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Title: Subtitle: Electronic intracavitary brachytherapy quality management based on risk analysis: The report of AAPM TG 182
Creators: Bruce R Thomadsen - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter J Biggs - Massachusetts General Hospital
Gene A Cardarelli - Brown University
James C H Chu - Rush University Medical Center
Robert A Cormack - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Wenzheng Feng - Saint Barnabas Medical Center
H Thompson Heaton II - Hagerstown, MD, 21740, USA
Jessica R Hiatt - Memorial Medical Center
Jonathan N Law - Shore Memorial Hospital
Jeffery P Limmer - Cancer Center Services, Texas Oncology, The Woodlands, TX, 77380, USA
Zoubir Ouhib - Regional Cancer Center
Sujatha Pai - Youth Radio
Sushakumari Pillai - Oregon Health & Science University
Michael R Ringor - Faith, Hope and Love Cancer Center, Lafayette, IN, 47905, USA
Mark J Rivard - Brown University
Timothy J Waldron - University of Iowa
Barrett S Caldwell - Purdue University West Lafayette
Randall W Holt - Pacific Crest Medical Physics, Chico, CA, 95973, USA
Tina L Pike - Affinity Medical Group
Habib Safigholi - Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Christopher Stacey - Royal London Hospital
Frank Weigand - Carl Zeiss
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.47(4), pp.e65-e91
DOI: 10.1002/mp.13910
PMID: 31702063
ISSN: 0094-2405
eISSN: 2473-4209
Language: English
Date published: 04/2020
Academic Unit: Radiation Oncology
Record Identifier: 9984544950702771

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