Jc. Horiot et al., THE PROGRAM OF QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE EORTC RADIOTHERAPY GROUP - A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW, Radiotherapy and oncology, 29(2), 1993, pp. 81-84
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12
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
A quality assurance programme was activated in 1982 in the EORTC Coope
rative Group of radiotherapy. Definitions and contents of quality assu
rance and quality control, definitions of errors and deviations (syste
matic, occasional) are given. The need for an interaction between nati
onal and international networks is emphasized. Consensus statements on
quality assurance in radiotherapy provided during the January 1993 Ge
neva meeting conclude this introduction to the detailed reports on the
quality assurance programme of the EORTC Cooperative Group of Radioth
erapy.