Quality and safety considerations in stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy: Executive summary

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: timothy.solberg@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, California.
⁸ Department of Radiation Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

Timothy D Solberg et al. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2012 Jan-Mar.

. 2012 Jan-Mar;2(1):2-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2011.06.014. Epub 2011 Sep 15.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: timothy.solberg@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, California.
⁸ Department of Radiation Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

No abstract available

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