Connection of European particle therapy centers and generation of a common particle database system within the European ULICE-framework

Radiation Oncology

Stephanie E Combs⁵  Jürgen Debus⁵  Manjit Dosanjh¹  Richard Pötter⁴  Piero Fossati⁶  Roberto Orecchia⁶  Uwe Engelmann²  Rolf Bendl³  Dieter Oetzel⁵  Daniel Habermehl⁵  Christian Bohn²  Nina Bougatf³  Kerstin A Kessel⁵ 

[1] CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland;CHILI GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 2, 69221, Dossenheim, Germany;Department of Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081, Heilbronn, Germany;Medical University of Vienna, Department of Radiotherapy, 18-20 Währinger Gürtel, 1090, Vienna, Austria;Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany;National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy, via Caminadella 16, 20123, Milano, Italy

关键词: Documentation system;    Multicenter clinical studies;    Particle therapy;   

Others  :  1228581
DOI  :  10.1186/1748-717X-7-115

 received in 2012-05-06, accepted in 2012-07-24,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

To establish a common database on particle therapy for the evaluation of clinical studies integrating a large variety of voluminous datasets, different documentation styles, and various information systems, especially in the field of radiation oncology.

Methods

We developed a web-based documentation system for transnational and multicenter clinical studies in particle therapy. 560 patients have been treated from November 2009 to September 2011. Protons, carbon ions or a combination of both, as well as a combination with photons were applied. To date, 12 studies have been initiated and more are in preparation.

Results

It is possible to immediately access all patient information and exchange, store, process, and visualize text data, any DICOM images and multimedia data. Accessing the system and submitting clinical data is possible for internal and external users. Integrated into the hospital environment, data is imported both manually and automatically. Security and privacy protection as well as data validation and verification are ensured. Studies can be designed to fit individual needs.

Conclusions

The described database provides a basis for documentation of large patient groups with specific and specialized questions to be answered. Having recently begun electronic documentation, it has become apparent that the benefits lie in the user-friendly and timely workflow for documentation. The ultimate goal is a simplification of research work, better study analyses quality and eventually, the improvement of treatment concepts by evaluating the effectiveness of particle therapy.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Kessel et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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