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Medical Physics / Volume 38 / Issue 11 / POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Med. Phys. 38, 5835 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3605472 (3 pages)

QA procedures in radiation therapy are outdated and negatively impact the reduction of errors

Howard Ira Amols, Ph.D.

Medical Physics Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021 (Tel: 212-639-6807; E-mail: amolsh@mskcc.org)

Eric E. Klein, Ph.D.

Radiation Oncology Department, Washington University, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (Tel: 314-747-3721; E-mail: eklein@radonc.wustl.edu)

Colin G. Orton, Ph.D., Moderator
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(Received 25 May 2011; accepted 27 May 2011; published online 11 October 2011)

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Article Outline

  1. OVERVIEW
  2. FOR THE PROPOSITION: Howard Ira Amols, Ph.D.
    1. Opening statement
  3. AGAINST THE PROPOSITION: Eric E. Klein, Ph.D.
    1. Opening statement
    2. Rebuttal: Howard Ira Amols, Ph.D.
    3. Rebuttal: Eric E. Klein, Ph.D.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3605472

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

cancer, radiation therapy, tumours

PACS

  • 87.53.Jw

    Therapeutic applications, including brachytherapy

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0094-2405 (print)  

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