Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancer : DEGRO-QUIRO trial.
The German Society of Radiation Oncology initiated a multicenter trial to evaluate core processes and subprocesses of radiotherapy by prospective evaluation of all important procedures in the most frequent malignancies treated by radiation therapy. The aim of this analysis was to assess the required resources for interstitial high-dose-rate (HDR) and low-dose-rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy (BRT) based on actual time measurements regarding allocation of personnel and room occupation needed for specific procedures. ⋯ In this prospective analysis, the resource requirements for the application of HDR and LDR BRT of prostate cancer were assessed methodically and are presented for first time.
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Practice Guideline
DEGRO practical guidelines: radiotherapy of breast cancer III--radiotherapy of the lymphatic pathways.
The purpose of this work is to update the practical guidelines for adjuvant radiotherapy of the regional lymphatics of breast cancer published in 2008 by the breast cancer expert panel of the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO). ⋯ Recent data suggest that the current restrictive use of RNI should be scrutinized because the risk-benefit relationship appears to shift towards an improvement of outcome.