[The quality and safety approach in radiotherapy : an added value for the patient].

Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to treat cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue. More than half of cancer patients will receive radiation therapy at some point during their treatment. The implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS) in radiotherapy departments guarantees high quality care and optimal safety for patients.

Heroic viticulture: Environmental and socioeconomic challenges of unique heritage landscapes.

Steep-slope agricultural landscapes cover a small fraction of global agricultural areas. Despite the limited coverage, they are relevant for high-quality food and wine production, history, and landscape value. On steep slopes, centuries of effort and tradition have created a unique cultural heritage to be preserved.

[The quality manager in radiation therapy: Evolution of the role, presentation of a French national Survey].

Purpose: Review the role of the quality manager 15 years after ASN Decision 2008-DC-103 and 10 years after the creation of the Association française de la qualité et sécurité en radiothérapie (AFQSR), taking into account the new regulatory framework introduced by ASN Decisions 2021-DC-708 and 2019-DC-660.

Materials And Methods: a survey was drawn up and distributed to members of the French association for quality and safety in radiotherapy.

Results: The role of the quality manager in radiotherapy is one of the pillars of the quality/safety approach introduced by ASN Decision 2008-DC-103.

Comparison between the WHO-CFICPS and the PRISMA classification of safety-related events in a radiation oncology department.

Introduction: Describing Safety-Related Events (SREs) in a radiotherapy (RT) department and comparing WHO-CFICPS (World Health Organization's Conceptual Framework For The International Classification For Patient Safety) and PRISMA (Prevention and Recovery Information System for Monitoring and Analysis) methods for classifying SREs.

Methods: From February 2017 to October 2020, two Quality Managers (QMs) randomly classified 1173 SREs using 13 incident types of WHO-CFICPS. The same two QMs, reclassified the same SREs according to 20 PRISMA incident codes.

[Radiation TherapisTs Radiographer (RTTs) and risk management in radiotherapy: An international survey].

Purpose: In order to study the role perception and the effective involvement of Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) in risk management in radiotherapy, a survey was developed and distributed in five countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands).

Materials And Methods: The article presents the results of this survey and the comparison between the different countries.

Results: Overall, the results of the survey show a good involvement and perception of the RTTs around the risk management approach, although training in this area has yet to be systematized.

Crossover of the patient satisfaction surveys, adverse events and patient complaints for continuous improvement in radiotherapy department.

Objective: The patient's needs and expectations can be assessed through satisfaction surveys, adverse event declarations and records of complaints. By cross-referencing individual complaints, satisfaction surveys and the adverse events received, we could get valuable information. The objective is to identify common elements of work between these different sources to improve care.

European agricultural terraces and lynchets: from archaeological theory to heritage management.

Terraces are highly productive, culturally distinctive socioecological systems. Although they form part of time/place-specific debates, terraces have been neglected - fields on slopes or landscape elements. We argue that this is due to mapping and dating problems, and lack of artefacts/ecofacts.

Prediction of GTV median dose differences eases Monte Carlo re-prescription in lung SBRT.

Background And Purpose: The use of Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation algorithm for lung patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can be challenging. Prescription in low density media and time-consuming optimization conducted CyberKnife centers to propose an equivalent path length (EPL)-to-MC re-prescription method based on GTV median dose. Unknown at the time of planning, GTV D50% practical application remains difficult.

Commissioning Monte Carlo algorithm for robotic radiosurgery using cylindrical 3D-array with variable density inserts.

Introduction: To commission the Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm based model of CyberKnife robotic stereotactic system (CK) and evaluate the feasibility of patient specific QA using the ArcCHECK cylindrical 3D-array (AC) with Multiplug inserts (MP).

Results: Four configurations were used for simple beam setup and two for patient QA, replacing water equivalent inserts by lung. For twelve collimators (5-60mm) in simple setup, mean (SD) differences between MC and RayTracing algorithm (RT) of the number of points failing the 3%/1mmgamma criteria were 1(1), 1(3), 1(2) and 1(2) for the four MP configurations.

Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyl residues in human plasma by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

A method for the determination of seven polychlorinated biphenyl residues in plasma by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was developed. The analytes were isolated from human plasma by liquid-liquid extraction, followed by solid-phase extraction, and separation on an HP5 Trace column. Ionization mode was electronic impact, and selected ion storage was used for isolation and quantitation of the compounds.