Credentialing of radiotherapy centres for a clinical trial of adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer (TROG 10.01)

T Kron; D Pham; P Roxby; A Rolfo; F Foroudi

Journal article

Credentialing of radiotherapy centres for a clinical trial of adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer (TROG 10.01)

T Kron, D Pham, P Roxby, A Rolfo, F Foroudi

Radiotherapy and Oncology | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.03.003

Abstract

Background: Daily variations in bladder filling make conformal treatment of bladder cancer challenging. On-line adaptive radiotherapy with a choice of plans has been demonstrated to reduce small bowel irradiation in single institution trials. In order to support a multicentre feasibility clinical trial on adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer (TROG 10.01) a credentialing programme was developed for centres wishing to participate. Methods: The credentialing programme entails three components: a facility questionnaire; a planning exercise which tests the ability of centres to create three adaptive plans based on a planning and five cone beam CTs; and a site visit during which image quality,..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Tomas Kron Author

Farshad Foroudi Author

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The financial support of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council project Grant 628527 is acknowledged as is the technical support of the mechanical workshop at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Thanks also to the TROG QA team for reminders and facilitating the plan review. Without the co-operation and support of participating centres the study would not have been possible.