ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S5895

RTT - Service evaluation, quality assurance and risk management

ESTRO 2024

PS 2

16 (13-20)

PS 3

20 (13-27

Treatment complexity factor

Early fraction

18 (10-27)

Late fraction

18 (8-36)

IMRT

22 (13-36)

VMAT

18 (8-28)

1 arc

17 (8-36)

2 arcs

19 (13-28)

Conclusion:

The radiotherapy treatment appointment duration required for radical lung cancer patients is significantly influenced by different patient- and treatment-related complexity factors. The majority of treatments recorded exceeded the allocated appointment time. It is clear that several patient complexity factors significantly influenced treatment time, indicating that appointment allocation needs to be considered on an individual patient-by-patient basis. Whilst advancing radiotherapy techniques show promise in reducing treatment time with the potential to increase linac capacity, it is essential for radiotherapy departments to still consider both patient and treatment factors when allocating radiotherapy appointment times. This is necessary to ensure lung cancer patients continue to receive high quality care.

Keywords: Radiotherapy, Time, Lung cancer