NCI Workshop- Advanced Technologies in Radiation Oncology文档.pptVIP

NCI Workshop- Advanced Technologies in Radiation Oncology Chair: Prabhakar Tripuraneni Organizer: Bhadrasain Vikram Bethesda, MD December 1-2, 2006 Opening comments: Norm Coleman * Challenges facing radiation oncology:How can NCI help? Increase costs of health care: NCI does not deal with reimbursement but we can help encourage, support critique studies that determine new standards of care. Radiation oncology’s explosion of new technology: NCI can help provide through Coop agreements (RTOG, ATC, QARC, etc.) quality assurance for complex clinical trials. * Challenges facing radiation oncology