An assessment of skill erosion on high-dose rate brachytherapy treatment planning.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess skill erosion for physicists after leaving brachytherapy service and contributors to variability during brachytherapy treatment planning.

Methods

Medical physicists simulated planning for nine patients by creating treatment plans twice, 2 months apart. The physicists were stratified as "On-Service" if they were assigned to and actively participating in the brachytherapy service (including treatment planning) during the study or "Off-Service" if they were not assigned, were not actively engaged in the service, and had not performed treatment planning the 6 months prior to the study commencement or during the study. A mixed effects model with Bonferroni correction was used to test for statistical significance between the stratified groups and Cohen's D was us

SUBMITTER: DiCostanzo DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521045 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature