The Impact of Colleague Peer Review on the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Process in the Radical Treatment of Lung Cancer

K.P. Rooney,J. McAleese, C. Crockett,J. Harney, R.L. Eakin,V.A.L. Young,M.A. Dunn,R.E. Johnston,G.G. Hanna

Clinical Oncology（2015）

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Abstract

•There is a high risk of interpretative error in radiotherapy target volume delineation among clinical oncologists.•We report the effect of colleague peer review (CPR) of lung cancer radiotherapy plans to reduce this error.•CPR led to a change in 27% of radiotherapy plans.•CPR is recommended as a mandatory quality assurance step in the radiotherapy planning process.

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Non-small cell lung cancer,peer review,quality assurance,radiotherapy,target volume delineation

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