Quality Assurance for Radiation Oncology

Kim, Gwi-Eon

Journal of Korean Society Quality Assurance Health Care 1995;2(1): 110.
Published online May 30, 1995.

치료방사선과 영역의 적정관리

김귀언

연세대학교 의과대학 연세암센터

Quality Assurance for Radiation Oncology

Gwi-Eon Kim

Department of Radiation Oncology Yonsei University Medical College, Yonsei Cancer Center

Abstract

The Comprehensive quality assurance for radiation oncology provides an overall organizational structures, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources for assuring the quality of patient management by radiation treatment. Superior performance of modern radiotherapy equipment will be essential part of quality assurance in radiation oncology, which high degree of accuracy and consistency should be maintained under the optimal quality assurance program. Besides quality control of all radiation equipment, this review also emphasizes quality assurance of clinical aspect such as adequacy of the medical decision-making which eventually leads to the treatment prescription, accuracy of treatment procedure from treatment preparation to radiation delivery, and the significance of assessment of treatment outcomes with structure and process.

Key words Quality Assurance;Quality Control;Radiation Oncology;