Quality assurance in radiotherapy on a national level; experience from Norway: the KVIST initiative.

Taran Paulsen HellebustIngrid Espe HeikkiläGunilla FrykholmSverre LevernesDag Clement JohannessenHans BjerkeHilde Olerud

Published in: Journal of radiotherapy in practice (2013)

The KVIST programme has been very well acknowledged in the Norwegian RT community. It has succeeded in creating a positive attitude towards QA and improved the communication between centres and the various professions.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
early stage
mental health
healthcare
locally advanced
study protocol
radiation therapy
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
randomized controlled trial