Clinical practice in stereotactic radiotherapy delivery at treatment unit: a practitioner survey and consensus-based recommendations for multidisciplinary professional development.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) is on the rise around the world. We aimed to provide recommendations to streamline and assess medical practices in SRT delivery at treatment unit, while complying with legal obligations concerning safety.

Materials and methods

We conducted an online closed practice survey for heads of radiotherapy departments both nationally in comprehensive cancer centers and university hospitals throughout France, and internationally. The aim was to obtain a better understanding of how the delivery of SRT at treatment unit was managed across different centers according to experience, and to the machines and repositioning techniques used. Radiation oncologists (ROs) were also asked to assess the difficulties of technical implementation in the dep

SUBMITTER: Martz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11905610 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature