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Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy

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Quality assurance for high dose rate brachytherapy is governed not only by AAPM task group reports, but also by state and federal regulations. These regulations cover the periodic (treatment day) and quarterly (source exchange) tests that are required to ensure proper treatment. In addition, other task group reports review advances in brachytherapy treatments, such as improved dose calculations, as well as QA for imaging equipment including CT and ultrasound. Furthermore, a brachytherapy program audit can be conducted by the group to ensure the entire program is being properly managed.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, 1335 Lee Street, 800375, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Bruce Libby PhD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Taeho Kim PhD

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    Jyoti Mayadev

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, USA

    Stanley H. Benedict

  3. Division of Brachytherapy, Gynecologic and Sarcoma Services, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Mitchell Kamrava

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Libby, B., Kim, T. (2017). Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy. In: Mayadev, J., Benedict, S., Kamrava, M. (eds) Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44827-5_5

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