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Radiation Oncology • Gynecologic Cancers
What personnel does your department require to safely deliver vaginal cylinder brachytherapy, other than treating radiation oncologist and physicist?
Are there guidelines that dictate who in the department should be present for treatment delivery?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We do not have others involved during the administration of vaginal cylinder brachytherapy besides the Radiation Oncologist (+/- trainee) and Physicist (+/- trainee).
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