Practical Radiation Oncology
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-9 , January 2012

Quality and safety considerations in stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy: Executive summary

  • Timothy D. Solberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5801 Forest Park Rd, Dallas, TX 75390.
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  • James M. Balter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Stanley H. Benedict, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
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  • Benedick A. Fraass, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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  • Brian Kavanagh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado
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  • Curtis Miyamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Todd Pawlicki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, California
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  • Louis Potters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York
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  • Yoshiya Yamada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Received 4 May 2011 ,Revised 14 June 2011 ,Accepted 16 June 2011.

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 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 Timothy Solberg has a consulting service, Global Radiosurgery Services, LLC, that has provided services to BrainLab AG and to individual health care institutions. He also has research funded by grants to the University of Texas from Varian and Elekta. Dr Benedick Fraass is a member of the Patient Safety Council for Varian. He receives no compensation or reimbursement for this work. Dr James Balter is a consultant for Calypso Medical Technologies. These disclosures were reviewed according to ASTRO policies and determined to not present a conflict with respect to these Task Group members' work on this white Paper.

PII: S1879-8500(11)00216-5

doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2011.06.014

Practical Radiation Oncology
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-9 , January 2012

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