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What indicators have you found helpful in screening cases that would be appropriate for possible peer review in radiation oncology?
We can always find individual cases from time to time in which the care deviated from the “standard of care” and these can be referred for peer review. But have you found any general screening parameters or indicators that can trigger the possible need for peer review? Are there any radiation oncology (or oncology in general) resources addressing the peer review process?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We have written a summary of this issue as it pertains to IMRT, but the concepts would apply to other aspects of external beam RT. Please see Moran et al, in Practical Radiation Oncology July–September, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 190–195. Table 2 in that document is a...
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