Evaluation and improvement the safety of total marrow irradiation with helical tomotherapy using repeat failure mode and effects analysis

Abstract Background & purpose Helical tomotherapy has been applied to total marrow irradiation (HT-TMI). Our objective was to apply failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) two times separated by 1 year to evaluate and improve the safety of HT-TMI. Materials and methods A multidisciplinary team...

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Main Authors: Jiuling Shen, Xiaoyong Wang, Di Deng, Jian Gong, Kang Tan, Hongli Zhao, Zhirong Bao, Jinping Xiao, An Liu, Yunfeng Zhou, Hui Liu, Conghua Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1433-7