Quality control of radiotherapy during pelvic irradiation

S E Griffiths; G G Khoury; A Eddy

doi:10.1016/0167-8140(91)90098-2

Quality control of radiotherapy during pelvic irradiation

Radiother Oncol. 1991 Mar;20(3):203-6. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(91)90098-2.

Authors

S E Griffiths¹, G G Khoury, A Eddy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, University Department of Radiotherapy, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, U.K.

PMID: 1852912
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(91)90098-2

Abstract

For 20 patients undergoing pelvic irradiation, various set-up methods were compared for accuracy of field placement. The overall incidence of errors on 294 fields checked was lower (p less than 0.001) than that in a previous study. A standard deviation of 1.5 mm for lateral placement accuracy was obtained.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Controlled Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
Female
Humans
Pelvis
Quality Assurance, Health Care*
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Uterine Neoplasms / radiotherapy*