The Special Medical Physics Consult Process for Reirradiation Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present a systematic approach to the reirradiation special medical physics consult (ReRT-SMPC) process.

Materials and methods

An in-house reirradiation committee of physicians and physicists was formed to develop a streamlined and well-documented approach to ReRT-SMPCs. Dosimetric goals and considerations for tissue repair were generated by the committee with input from the literature, clinical trial guidelines, and physician experience. Procedural workflow was also defined.

Results

The total number of ReRT-SMPCs performed in our department in 2018 was 401, corresponding to 369 unique patients and 16% of the total number of patients receiving external beam radiation in our department that year. This constituted a large increase over the 183 ReRT-SMPCs perfo

SUBMITTER: Paradis KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6817723 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature