Surface brachytherapy: Joint report of the AAPM and the GEC‐ESTRO Task Group No. 253. Issue 10 (29th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fulkerson, Regina K.; Perez‐Calatayud, Jose; Ballester, Facundo; Buzurovic, Ivan; Kim, Yongbok; Niatsetski, Yury; Ouhib, Zoubir; Pai, Sujatha; Rivard, Mark J.; Rong, Yi; Siebert, Frank‐André; Thomadsen, Bruce R.; Weigand, Frank
• Is Part Of: Medical physics. Volume 47:Issue 10(2020)
• Page Start: e951
• Page End: e987
• Publication Date: 2020-08-29
• Subjects: skin brachytherapy -- surface applicator QA -- surface brachytherapy; Medical physics -- Periodicals; Medical physics; Geneeskunde; Natuurkunde; Toepassingen; Biophysics; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.153
• DOI: 10.1002/mp.14436
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-2405

Abstract

Abstract : The surface brachytherapy Task Group report number 253 discusses the common treatment modalities and applicators typically used to treat lesions on the body surface. Details of commissioning and calibration of the applicators and systems are discussed and examples are given for a risk‐based analysis approach to the quality assurance measures that are necessary to consider when establishing a surface brachytherapy program.