NRG MEDICAL PHYSICS SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Yongsook Cecilia Lee, PhD, Tucson, AZ, Ying Xiao, PhD, Philadelphia, PA and Stanley B. Benedict, PhD, Sacramento, CA

NRG Protocol Radiation Therapy Template for Gynecological (cervix or uterine cervix) Cancers

The Center for Innovation in Radiation Oncology (CIRO) of NRG Oncology was established to provide expertise and resources in radiation therapy technology for National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s clinical trial network. One of the main efforts lies in protocol development support. NRG Medical Physics Subcommittee and NRG Radiation Oncology Committee within the CIRO have standardized the radiation therapy section in NRG protocols for various disease sites to provide the principal investigator (PI) and the Co-PI with standardized radiation therapy section templates. These templates help the PI(s) and Co-PI(s) facilitate the writing of the radiation therapy section. In the templates, details for treatment technology, immobilization and simulation, imaging, definitions of targets and critical structures from the NRG structure name library, dose prescription, compliance criteria, treatment planning instructions, patient specific QA and daily treatment localization are provided. The templates are available from the NRG Oncology website.

In an effort to standardize, the NRG Radiation Therapy template for Gynecological (cervix or uterine cervix) cancers was created/reviewed by CIRO members, NCI experts and can be downloaded in NRG Oncology > Scientific Program > Center for Innovation in Radiation Oncology > Gynecologic (as shown in the screen capture below). The downloaded template can be modified by PI(s) and Co-PI(s) for their GYN protocol.

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