• J Kriz, C Baues, R Engenhart-Cabillic, U Haverkamp, K Herfarth, P Lukas, H Schmidberger, S Marnitz-Schulze, M Fuchs, A Engert, and H T Eich.
• Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Gebäude 1 A, 48419, Muenster, Germany.
• Strahlenther Onkol. 2017 Feb 1; 193 (2): 100-108.

IntroductionField design changed substantially from extended-field RT (EF-RT) to involved-field RT (IF-RT) and now to involved-node RT (IN-RT) and involved-site RT (IS-RT) as well as treatment techniques in radiotherapy (RT) of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the establishment of a quality assurance program (QAP) including modern RT techniques and field designs within the German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG).MethodsIn the era of modern conformal RT, this QAP had to be fundamentally adapted and a new evaluation process has been intensively discussed by the radiotherapeutic expert panel of the GHSG.ResultsThe expert panel developed guidelines and criteria to analyse "modern" field designs and treatment techniques. This work is based on a dataset of 11 patients treated within the sixth study generation (HD16-17).ConclusionTo develop a QAP of "modern RT", the expert panel defined criteria for analysing current RT procedures. The consensus of a modified QAP in ongoing and future trials is presented. With this schedule, the QAP of the GHSG could serve as a model for other study groups.

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