CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 48, Issue 3 146-150, Copyright © 1998 by American Cancer Society
Decision-making in radiotherapy for the cancer patient: the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Project
P. N. Cascade and S. A. Leibel
Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA.
The American College of Radiology Task Force on Appropriateness Criteria
was developed in 1993 with the major objective of creating the most
credible patient care guidelines possible. Oncology-related clinical
conditions addressed by the Task Force pertain to the diagnosis of
suspected disease and, after disease is diagnosed, its staging, treatment,
and follow-up to determine the effectiveness of therapy.