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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2020.20.01.668

The Study for Establishment of Protocol with Quality Assurance (QA) of Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy System in Korea  

Hwang, Jinho (가톨릭대학교 인천성모병원 방사선종양학과)
Kay, Chul-Seung (가톨릭대학교 인천성모병원 방사선종양학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.20, no.1, 2020 , pp. 668-674 More about this Journal
Abstract
Quality Assurance (QA) is essential to provide effective hyperthermia, but in the case of a problem with a hyperthermia cancer therapy system in Korea, the manufacturers or venders are repairing and maintaining the system. In Korea, if an error occurs in the hyperthermia system, the manufacturer and sales agent are repairing and maintaining it. There is no QA protocol suitable for the domestic situation. This study is based on the QA guidelines recommended by institutions such as European Society for Hyperthermia Oncology (ESHO), Hellenic Society of Oncologic Hyperthermia (HSOH), and the results of questionnaires to hospitals that have hyperthermia cancer therapy systems in Korea. By developing an optimized QA protocol, we aim to reduce the errors and inaccuracies that can occur in during hyperthermia such as measurement of temperature, instrumentation, and heat transfer. In addition, we will visit a hospital with a hyperthermia cancer therapy system in Korea to perform a QA based on this study, and study to specify tolerances and accurate QA set-up parameters using the measured QA results.
Keywords
Hyperthermia; Quality Assurance; Protocol;
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