[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.