Practice-based evidence to evidence-based practice: Building the national radiation oncology registry

Jason A. Efstathiou, Deborah S. Nassif, Todd R. McNutt, C. Bob Bogardus, Walter Bosch, Jeffrey Carlin, Ronald C. Chen, Henry Chou, Dave Eggert, Benedick A. Fraass, Joel Goldwein, Karen E. Hoffman, Ken Hotz, Margie Hunt, Marc Kessler, Colleen A.F. Lawton, Charles Mayo, Jeff M. Michalski, Sasa Mutic, Louis PottersChristopher M. Rose, Howard M. Sandler, Gregory Sharp, Wolfgang Tomé, Phuoc T. Tran, Terry Wall, Anthony L. Zietman, Peter E. Gabriel, Justin E. Bekelman

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Abstract

The National Radiation Oncology Registry (NROR), sponsored by the Radiation Oncology Institute and the American Society for Radiation Oncology, is designed to collect standardized information on cancer care delivery among patients treated with radiotherapy in the United States and will focus on patients with prostate cancer. Stakeholders were engaged through a forum that emphasized the need for patient-centered outcomes, minimal data burden, and maximal connectivity to existing registries and databases. An electronic infrastructure is under development to provide connectivity across radiation oncology and hospital information systems. The NROR Gateway features automatic abstraction as well as aggregation of treatment and outcome data. The prostate cancer data dictionary provides standardized elements in four domains: facility, physician, patient, and treatment. The pilot phase will consist of clinical centers chosen to provide a representative mix of radiation treatment modalities, facility types, population-based settings, and regional locations. The initial set of radiation practice metrics includes physician board certification and maintenance, ordering of staging scans, active surveillance discussion, dose prescriptions for low-risk/high-risk disease, radiation fields for low-risk/high-risk disease, image-guided radiation therapy use, androgen deprivation therapy use, post-brachytherapy implant computed tomography dosimetry, collection of toxicity assessments, and longitudinal patient follow-up. The NROR pilot study will provide the framework for expansion to a nationwide electronic registry for radiation oncology.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e90-e95
JournalJournal of oncology practice
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Oncology(nursing)
  • Health Policy

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