TY - JOUR
T1 - Total Body Irradiation and Total Skin Irradiation Techniques in Belgium and the Netherlands
T2 - Current Clinical Practice
AU - Koken, Phil W.
AU - Murrer, Lars H.P.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank Damien Dumont, Peter van de Hulst, Wim Jansen, Jeroen van de Kamer, Ruud van Leeuwen, and Geert Pittomvils, as well as all colleagues who filled out the survey, for their help and support. Sources of support: This work had no specific funding. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Purpose: In 2014, a Belgian/Dutch Nederlandse Commissie voor Stralingsdosimetrie (NCS) task group was formed to develop guidelines on the clinical practice of total body irradiation (TBI) and total skin irradiation (TSI). Methods and Materials: As a basis for these guidelines, a survey conducted among 17 Belgian and Dutch radiation oncology institutions measured the clinical practice of TBI. Four of these institutions also performed TSI. An update was performed in 2019 and 2020 because several institutions innovated their TBI techniques. Results: As old and more recent studies have shown, clinical protocols for TBI and TSI still vary considerably between institutions. Conclusions: New radiation therapy technologies have been introduced relatively slowly for TBI purposes.
AB - Purpose: In 2014, a Belgian/Dutch Nederlandse Commissie voor Stralingsdosimetrie (NCS) task group was formed to develop guidelines on the clinical practice of total body irradiation (TBI) and total skin irradiation (TSI). Methods and Materials: As a basis for these guidelines, a survey conducted among 17 Belgian and Dutch radiation oncology institutions measured the clinical practice of TBI. Four of these institutions also performed TSI. An update was performed in 2019 and 2020 because several institutions innovated their TBI techniques. Results: As old and more recent studies have shown, clinical protocols for TBI and TSI still vary considerably between institutions. Conclusions: New radiation therapy technologies have been introduced relatively slowly for TBI purposes.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100664
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100664
M3 - Article
C2 - 33997482
SN - 2452-1094
VL - 6
JO - Advances in Radiation Oncology
JF - Advances in Radiation Oncology
IS - 4
M1 - 100664
ER -