Trial reportStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2012
[Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during stereotactic radiotherapy/radiosurgery : QUIRO-DEGRO Trial].
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- Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancer : DEGRO-QUIRO trial.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Trial
- An automated, workload-adjusted framework for continuous quality assessment in clinical radiation oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
- Volumetric Response of Limited Brain Metastatic Disease to Focal Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Accurate method for evaluating the duration of the entire radiotherapy process.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the time required for overhead tasks performed by physicians, medical physicists, and technicians in radiation oncology institutions: the DEGRO-QUIRO study.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2015Article
- Visualization of data in radiotherapy using web services for optimization of workflow.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2015Article
- Protection of quality and innovation in radiation oncology: the prospective multicenter trial QUIRO of DEGRO: evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during radiotherapy with tomotherapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- Evaluating the attendance of medical staff and room occupancy during palliative radiotherapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- [Personnel requirements of medical radiation physics in radiotherapy in comparison to the current guidelines "radiation protection in medicine" : Special consideration of intensity-modulated radiation therapy].Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff and resources for radiotherapy in pediatric and adolescent patients. The DEGRO-QUIRO trial.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- Protection of quality and innovation in radiation oncology: the prospective multicenter trial the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO-QUIRO study). Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during radiotherapy with IMRT.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- Time evaluation of image-guided radiotherapy in patients with spinal bone metastases. A single-center study.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- The QUIRO Study (assurance of quality and innovation in radiooncology): methodology, instruments and practices.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- Time management in radiation oncology: evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during radiotherapy for prostate cancer: the DEGRO-QUIRO trial.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2014Article
- The prognostic value of tumor necrosis in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2013Article
- CyberKnife robotic image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy for oligometastic cancer : A prospective evaluation of 95 patients/118 lesions.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe German Society of Radiation Oncology ("Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie", DEGRO) initiated a multicenter trial to develop and evaluate adequate modules to assert core processes and subprocesses in radiotherapy. The aim of this prospective evaluation was to methodical assess the required resources (technical equipment and medical staff) for stereotactic radiotherapy/radiosurgery. MATERIAL AND
methodsAt two radiotherapy centers of excellence (University Hospitals of Heidelberg and Marburg/Giessen), the manpower and time required for the implementation of intra- and extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy was prospectively collected consistently over a 3-month period. The data were collected using specifically developed process acquisition tools and standard forms and were evaluated using specific process analysis tools.
resultsFor intracranial (extracranial) fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) and radiosurgery (RS), a total of 1,925 (270) and 199 (36) records, respectively, could be evaluated. The approximate time needed to customize the immobilization device was median 37 min (89 min) for FRST and 31 min (26 min) for RS, for the contrast enhanced planning studies 22 and 27 min (25 and 28 min), for physical treatment planning 122 and 59 min (187 and 27 min), for the first and routine radiotherapy sessions for FSRT 40 and 13 min (58 and 31 min), respectively. The median time needed for the RS session was 58 min (45 min). The corresponding minimal manpower needed was 2 technicians for customization of the immobilization device, 2.5 technicians and 1 consultant for the contrast-enhanced planning studies, 1 consultant, 0.5 resident and 0.67 medical physics expert (MPE) for physical treatment planning, as well as 1 consultant, 0.5 resident, and 2.5 technicians for the first radiotherapy treatment and 2.33 technicians for routine radiotherapy sessions.
conclusionFor the first time, the resource requirements for a radiotherapy department for the maintenance, protection and optimization of operational readiness for the application of intra- and extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy was determined methodically.
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