Restructuring Our Approach to Peer Review: A Critical Need to Improve the Quality and Safety of Radiation Therapy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Lake Success NY and Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York. Electronic address: bchera@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Lake Success NY and Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York.

Editorial

Bhishamjit S Chera et al. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Sep-Oct.

. 2020 Sep-Oct;10(5):321-323.

doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2020.07.001.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Lake Success NY and Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York. Electronic address: bchera@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Lake Success NY and Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York.

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