ACR–ARS PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF PROTON BEAM RADIATION THERAPY

PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

A. Central Nervous System Brain

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

B. Spine or Paraspinal Site

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

C. Eye

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

D. Head and Neck

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

E. Chest - Breast/Chest Wall

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

F. Chest - Lung, Intrathoracic Sites

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

G. Abdomen - Stomach, Pancreas

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

H. Abdomen - Liver

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

I. Abdomen - Retroperitoneum

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

J. Pelvis - Genitourinary, Rectum, Anal, Gynecologic

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

K. Pediatrics

III. STANDARD CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

L. Radiation Sensitivity

IV. DOCUMENTATION

V. PROCESS OF THERAPY AND EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

VI. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

VIII. REFERENCES