Radiologist Involvement in Radiation Oncology Peer Review: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Radiotherapy (RT) plan quality is an established predictive factor associated with cancer recurrence and survival outcomes. The addition of radiologists to the peer review (PR) process may increase RT plan quality.

Objective

To determine the rate of changes to the RT plan with and without radiology involvement in PR of radiation targets.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were queried for peer-reviewed articles published from inception up to March 6, 2024. Search terms included key words associated with PR of contoured targets for the purposes of RT planning with or without radiology involvement.

Study selection

Studies reporting PR of contoured radiation targets with or without radiology involvement. Studies were excluded if they lacked

SUBMITTER: Hughes RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681381 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature