International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
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Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. · Jun 1984
Quality assurance in radiation therapy: multidisciplinary considerations--European experience.
The organization of a multidisciplinary cancer treatment center is very heterogeneous in Europe. In Eastern Europe, there are written concepts of cancer treatment with advanced plans and an acceptable position for radiotherapy. In the future, there will be no principal differences between Eastern and Western Europe. ⋯ In the Scandanavian countries, radiotherapy has always had a strong position and has been able to develop further by integration with medical oncology. Cooperation between radiotherapists, radiophysicists, surgeons, pathologists, cytologists, etc., has given the cancer patient an opportunity for better overall treatment. The quality assurance in cancer therapy is the teamwork between different specialists before the treatment plan for the patient is decided.