Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years.

Jean-Pierre Bissonnette; Gaylene Medlam

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Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years.

August 25, 2010

Bissonnette J-P, Medlam G. Radiother Oncol. 2010;96(1):139-44.

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Analysis of voluntary error reports indicated a decrease in safety incidents at a high-volume radiation oncology facility over a 7-year period.

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