Quality Assurance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Yucel Saglam
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yasemin Bolukbasi
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey and Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ali Ihsan Atasoy
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Fatih Karakose
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Vildan Alpan
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ugur Selek
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey and Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ahmet Kucuk
Mersin City Education and Research Hospital, Radiation Oncology Clinics, Mersin, Turkey.
Berrin Pehlivan
Department of Radiation Oncology, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Erkan Topkan
Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
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Abstract
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) have settled down in the center of modern palliative and recently curative intent treatments in the last two decades. Being special, technology-driven, direct knowledge and experience based clinical procedures, both SRS and SBRT require high precision, accuracy and reproducibility to be safely and effectively delivered, which delineates the importance of quality assurance (QA) procedures from head to toe. In this review, we focused on summary of the comprehensive QA program covering clinical, technical and patient-specific treatment aspects, which need to be individualized per department based on several current recommendation guidelines.
Keywords: Stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy, quality assurance