Total Body Irradiation and Total Skin Irradiation Techniques in Belgium and the Netherlands: Current Clinical Practice

Purpose: In 2014, a Belgian/Dutch Nederlandse Commissie voor Stralingsdosimetrie (NCS) task group was formed to develop guidelines on the clinical practice of total body irradiation (TBI) and total skin irradiation (TSI). Methods and Materials: As a basis for these guidelines, a survey conducted among 17 Belgian and Dutch radiation oncology institutions measured the clinical practice of TBI. Four of these institutions also performed TSI. An update was performed in 2019 and 2020 because several institutions innovated their TBI techniques. Results: As old and more recent studies have shown, clin... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Phil W. Koken, PhD
Lars H.P. Murrer, PhD
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Advances in Radiation Oncology, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 100664- (2021)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Elsevier
Schlagwörter: Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine / R895-920 / Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens / RC254-282
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28972202
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100664

Purpose: In 2014, a Belgian/Dutch Nederlandse Commissie voor Stralingsdosimetrie (NCS) task group was formed to develop guidelines on the clinical practice of total body irradiation (TBI) and total skin irradiation (TSI). Methods and Materials: As a basis for these guidelines, a survey conducted among 17 Belgian and Dutch radiation oncology institutions measured the clinical practice of TBI. Four of these institutions also performed TSI. An update was performed in 2019 and 2020 because several institutions innovated their TBI techniques. Results: As old and more recent studies have shown, clinical protocols for TBI and TSI still vary considerably between institutions. Conclusions: New radiation therapy technologies have been introduced relatively slowly for TBI purposes.