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161. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - The JHH is a large academic medical center; patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy receive … therapy). … therapy indicators). … treatments THEN midline radiation blocks and three-dimensional radiation treatments should be used … treatment for painful bone metastases then he/she should be offered single-fraction radiation OR there

162. Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment and Miscommunication among Specialists | PSNet
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     February 26, 2025 - most often related to traumatic injury or associated with underlying diseases such as malignancy. 1 Radiation … therapy to the pelvis including the prostate, as with this patient, can result in chronic radiation … therapy. … Take Home Points Pelvic radiation therapy increases the risk for adjacent tissue injury and can be … Impact of radiotherapy on surgical repair and outcome in patients with rectourethral fistula.

163. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. | PSNet
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     January 16, 2013 - Commentary Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Citation Text: Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, et al. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. …

164. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - ESAs have never been indicated for use in patients treated with radiation therapy. … therapy. … There were 5 radiation therapy and 5 chemo-radiation therapy trials included in the overall survival … therapy trials by Henke, Machtay and Hoskin. … anemia patients were to be included in the analysis (as in Bohlius 2009 mentioned above) and when the radiation-therapy

165. Rethinking peer review: what aviation can teach radiology about performance improvement. | PSNet
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     July 01, 2017 - July 22, 2009 New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation

166. Draft Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
     October 12, 2023 - (radical prostatectomy, including different surgical techniques, such as nerve sparing, robotics) Radiation … therapy (external beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, brachytherapy) Cryosurgery/high-intensity

167. Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - The work group suggested that the AHRQ Technical Brief on Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer9 … Particle beam therapy (PBT) is a focused radiation therapy used to treat certain arteriovenous malformations … It is more focused than standard external-beam radiation therapy, so theoretically its use can spare … • How does PBT compare to other types of focused radiation, e.g., intensity-modulated radiation therapy … Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer.

168. Second victim syndrome in intensive care unit healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis on types, prevalence, risk factors, and recovery time. | PSNet
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     March 24, 2019 - safety October 9, 2019 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … September 25, 2013 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload

169. Patient safety in medical imaging: a joint paper of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS). | PSNet
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     September 30, 2010 - Cancer July 31, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update.

170. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Currently available evidence about the effectiveness of radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, and … impotence (40-67%), urethral stricture (3-8%), and incontinence (1-2%). 89 Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy … Early prostate cancer: the national results of radiation treatment from the Patterns of Care and Radiation … Control of prostate cancer with radiotherapy: long-term results. … Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in localized carcinoma of the prostate: interim report

171. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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172. MRI safety: prepare for new guidance. | PSNet
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     September 12, 2016 - May 24, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

173. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3SeKj9o-FNNwFokLKKzN3f
     available for squamous and basal cell carcinoma, including surgical excision, Mohs micrographic surgery, radiation … therapy, curettage and electrodessication, and cryosurgery.

174. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - , please replace the bracketed references to [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation … therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery.

175. An Evidence Review of Active Surveillance in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Spell out Radiation Therapy as a reminder. … We have spelled out “Radiation Therapy”, as suggested. … therapies. … Different forms of prostatectomy (e.g., robotic), brachytherapy, or external radiation therapy were … therapy and proton beam radiation therapy.

176. Root cause analysis. | PSNet
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     June 15, 2016 - January 16, 2013 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice

177. Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are standardized? | PSNet
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     December 05, 2018 - Study Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy … Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are … This quality improvement study found that adherence to patient safety measures while providing radiation … therapy—such as verifying patient identification —increased when work processes were standardized. … An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute.

178. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
     December 21, 2023 - radical prostatectomy, including different surgical techniques, such as nerve sparing and robotics) Radiation … therapy (external beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, and brachytherapy) Cryosurgery/high-intensity

179. Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active sur- veillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … of fecal inconti- nence and bowel urgency were as high as 31.8% after radiation therapy in 1 cohort

180. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - , please replace the bracketed references to [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation … therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery.