Journal article
American Brachytherapy Society radiation oncology alternative payment model task force: Quality measures and metrics for brachytherapy
Brachytherapy, v 21(1), pp 63-74
Jan 2022
PMID: 34732290
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Abstract
Brachytherapy is an essential technique to deliver radiation therapy and is involved in the treatment of multiple disease sites as monotherapy or as an adjunct to external beam radiation therapy. With a growing focus on the cost and value of cancer treatments as well as new payment models, it is essential that standardized quality measures and metrics exist to allow for straightforward assessment of brachytherapy quality and for the development of clinically significant and relevant clinical data elements. We present the American Brachytherapy Society consensus statement on quality measures and metrics for brachytherapy as well as suggested clinical data elements.
Members of the American Brachytherapy Society with expertise in disease site specific brachytherapy created a consensus statement based on a literature review and clinical experience.
Key quality measures (ex. workup, clinical indications), dosimetric metrics, and clinical data elements for brachytherapy were evaluated for each modality including breast cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer, keratinocyte carcinoma, soft tissue sarcoma, and uveal melanoma.
This consensus statement provides standardized quality measures and dosimetric quality metrics as well as clinical data elements for each disease site to allow for standardized assessments of brachytherapy quality. Moving forward, a similar paradigm can be considered for external beam radiation therapy as well, providing comprehensive radiation therapy quality measures, metrics, and clinical data elements that can be incorporated into new payment models.
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- Title
- American Brachytherapy Society radiation oncology alternative payment model task force: Quality measures and metrics for brachytherapy
- Creators
- Chirag Shah - Cleveland ClinicFrank Vicini - MemorialCare Health SystemSushil Beriwal - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterNikhil Thaker - Arizona OncologySteven J. Frank - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterPeter Rossi - Spring Valley HospitalPeter Orio - Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteAlbert J. Chang - University of California, Los AngelesNikhil Joshi - Rush UniversityShauna R. Campbell - Cleveland ClinicArash Naghavi - Moffitt Cancer CenterSamuel Chao - Cleveland ClinicMitchell Kamrava - Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterChristopher L. Deufel - Mayo Clinic in ArizonaFiras Mourtada - Christiana Care Health SystemJohn H. Suh - Cleveland Clinic
- Publication Details
- Brachytherapy, v 21(1), pp 63-74
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000768792300009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85119959851
- Other Identifier
- 991021897376904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Oncology
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging