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Title:: Methods of radiotherapy record review and current status of review work

Author(s):: MA Min; HUANG Peng; DAI Jianrong; National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China

Abstract:: Abstract: Modern radiotherapy is quite complicated, with multiple stages, and it involves many disciplines. Any error will affect the treatment outcome. Therefore, the records of each stage of radiotherapy should be reviewed strictly to detect errors. By referring to documents such as AAPM TG-275 report, the concept, function, content, methods of radiotherapy record review, and the current status of review work at home and abroad are introduced. At present, the review method is mainly manual, supplemented by automatic methods which include logical judgment, cluster analysis, Bayesian network, structural similarity analysis and artificial intelligence. The review should focus on simulation positioning stage, planning stage and treatment delivery stage. However, the current review work is mainly carried out for planning stage, rarely for treatment delivery stage, and almost not for simulation positioning stage. Improving the sensitivity, automation and intelligence of the review method is the research focus in the future. It can be expected that the review work will be more perfect, effective and efficient.