Safety considerations for IMRT: Executive summary

 Supplementary material for this article (doi:10.1016/j.prro.2011.04.008) can be found at www.practicalradonc.org.

 Conflicts of interest: Before initiation of this white paper all members of the White Paper Task Group were required to complete disclosure statements. These statements are maintained at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Headquarters in Fairfax, VA and pertinent disclosures are published with the report. The ASTRO Conflict of Interests Disclosure Statement seeks to provide a broad disclosure of outside interests. Where a potential conflict is detected, remedial measures to address any potential conflict are taken and will be noted in the disclosure statement. Dr. Jean Moran has received a research grant, paid to University of Michigan, from Varian Medical Systems. Dr. Avraham Eisbruch is a Chair of an independent review committee assessing the complications of investigational protocol at Amgen. Dr. Geoffrey Ibbott has received a research grant, paid to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, from Varian Medical Systems, and is a consultant with the Young Ricchiuti Caldwell and Heller Law Firm LLC. Dr. Benedick Fraass serves on the Varian Patient Safety Council. He receives no compensation or reimbursement for this work. The Writing Group Chair ensured that the white paper was built by consensus to deliberately minimize any potential conflicts of interest. The Chair of the Multidisciplinary Quality Assurance (QA) Subcommittee, as well as the Writing Group Chair, reviewed these disclosures and determined that they do not present a conflict with respect to these Writing Group members’ work on this white paper.

PII: S1879-8500(11)00162-7

doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2011.04.008

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