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61. Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy … Women Treated for Breast Cancer With Breast-Conserving Surgery Who Received Radiation Therapy Women … under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy … Women Treated for Breast Cancer With Breast-Conserving Surgery Who Received Radiation Therapy, by Granular … Importance: Breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy is an established standard of care

62. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2020 - Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era. … Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/planning-pandemic-mitigating-risk-radiation-therapy-service-delivery-covid … -19- era This article describes the delivery of radiation therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/planning-pandemic-mitigating-risk-radiation-therapy-service-delivery-covid

63. Tx-For-Localized-Prostate-Cancer Surveillanceassesment 20120614 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
    May 01, 2012 - therapy, or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) (0 RCTs). … Intensity modulated radiation therapy. … therapy or received no initial treatment Clinical and biochemical out- comes of radiation therapies … therapy, or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) (0 RCTs). … Intensity modulated radiation therapy.

64. Tx-For-Localized-Prostate-Cancer Surveillanceassesment 20120614 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - therapy, or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) (0 RCTs). … Intensity modulated radiation therapy. … therapy or received no initial treatment Clinical and biochemical out- comes of radiation therapies … therapy, or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) (0 RCTs). … Intensity modulated radiation therapy.

65. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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    November 02, 2019 - However, ADT had also been used alone or in combination (adjuvant) with surgical or radiation therapies … therapy (IMRT), three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D- CRT), stereotactic body radiation … therapy (SBRT), and proton beam radiation therapy. … therapy i) Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy ii) Intensity-modulated radiation therapy … therapy i) three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy ii) intensity-modulated radiation therapy

66. Cohen, Lindsey | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Cohen, Lindsey Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy … Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report … Therapy Through Virtual Preparation Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing … Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation Description This research developed an interactive … and engaging computer tablet-based, virtual program to prepare children with cancer for radiation therapy

67. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 09, 2011 - radiation, this news feature investigates patient deaths and injuries following mistakes related to radiation … treatment. … The journalists discuss the number of radiation therapy errors in New York and reveal that state law … /issue/radiation-offers-new-cures-and-ways-do-harm https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unintended-exposure-radiotherapy-identification-prominent-causes

68. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2017 - Recently, interest has also grown in intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), which treats the partial … Radiation Therapy (WBI Versus PBI) in Treating Women Who Have Undergone Surgery For Ductal Carcinoma … Prospective study of local control and late radiation toxicity after intraoperative radiation therapy … Impact of radiation treatment parameters and adjuvant systemic therapy on cosmetic outcomes after accelerated … partial breast irradiation using 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy tech- nique.

69. Quality Special Issue. | PSNet
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    April 13, 2022 - December 4, 2016 Human factors and systems engineering approach to patient safety for radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … November 11, 2015 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice … December 5, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

70. Cer-265-Radiation-Bone-Disease-Addendum-App (xls file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Evidence table for a randomized controlled trial evaluating external beam radiation therapy for the palliative … Acronym Term AE adverse event BPI Brief Pain Inventory CT Computed Tomography EBRT external beam radiation … therapy EQ-5D EuroQOL–5 Dimension FACT-G Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Gy gray

71. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 05, 2012 - Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. December 5, 2012 Baeza M. … Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accident-prevention-day-day-clinical-radiation-therapy-practice Highlighting … the prevalence and impact of errors in radiation therapy, this commentary recommends prevention tactics … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accident-prevention-day-day-clinical-radiation-therapy-practice

72. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2025 - There are also risks of adverse events such as radiation burns (more common in radiotherapy), which … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/radiation-safety Approximately 40% of patients diagnosed with cancer receive radiation … therapy at some point in their treatment. … Risks Associated With Radiotherapy The field of radiation oncology is technologically sophisticated, … Improving the safety of radiation therapy relies in part on similar principles, including enhancing safety

73. Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. | PSNet
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    September 15, 2021 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. … Radiotherapy errors can be significant and sometimes fatal . … Related Resources Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … October 19, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

74. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 30, 2012 - Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-therapy-safety-critical-role-radiation-therapist Summarizing … training, skills assessment, workplace culture, and workplace staffing to address safety concerns in radiation … therapy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-therapy-safety-critical-role-radiation-therapist https://psnet.ahrq.gov

75. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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    December 09, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #5 Introduction The description of radiation therapy modalities needs significant work … Added “radiation therapy modalities” 6. … The description of radiation therapy needs significant work. … radiation doses more precisely than older forms of radiation treatment. … treatment option.

76. Final report: To Quantify the Impact of the Existing vs. Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance during Pretreatment QA Tasks (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance … Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and … Scope: Our focus was on radiation therapy pretreatment QA tasks performed by RTTs. … Our focus was on radiation therapy pretreatment QA tasks performed by the RTTs. … Relating physician’s workload with errors during radiation therapy planning.

77. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 25, 2010 - Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trend-analysis-radiation-therapy-incidents-over-seven-years Analysis of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trend-analysis-radiation-therapy-incidents-over-seven-years https://psnet.ahrq.gov

78. Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Mazur’s research goal is to ensure the safe delivery of radiation therapy. … Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink … Approximately 18,000 (3%) of the 600,000 patients who receive radiation therapy annually might be adversely … While radiation therapy has relatively low error and injury rates, studies show that most errors occurring

79. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
    February 22, 2012 - therapy (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and stereotactic body radiation therapy … = radiofrequency ablation; RT = radiotherapy; SBRT = stereotactic body radiation therapy; 3D-CRT = … body radiation therapy; 3D-CRT = three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy; YAG = yttrium-aluminum-garnet … The role of radiation therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. … Advanced radiation treatment planning and delivery approaches for treatment of lung cancer.

80. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 07, 2011 - Radiation Therapy No RCTs compared radiation therapy versus watchful waiting. … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy [EBRT] or unspecified modality) for localized prostate cancer … provided on specific radiation therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated … therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with increased risk for … therapy vs. watchful waiting Radiation therapy vs. watchful waiting Fransson et al, 2009 40