Developing and sustaining a secure application for transfer of previous radiation therapy treatment details
Data availability remains a major challenge for radiation therapy dose accumulation for patients' re-treatment and re-irradiation. When a patient moves between radiation therapy providers it is particularly challenging. To address this challenge, a solution was developed for departments in Victoria, Australia, with the ability to request and receive files of any size and type from other providers, supported by a workflow system, an independent security model and a highly secure platform. In the first 5 years there have been 3911 requests for previous treatment details. Of these 2937 (75 %) involved transfer of DICOM data to enable higher quality dose accumulation assessment.
Authors
- Drew Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-8586)
- Vaughan Geddes
- Kenton Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1965-0885)
- Vanessa Panettieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4061-1960)
- C. David James
- Nigel Cristofaro
- Phillip Moloney
- D. Davis
Institutions
- Barwon Health (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Cancer Council Victoria (AU)
- Genesis HealthCare (US)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (AU)
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (AU)
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2025.100334
- Primary Topic
- Cloud Data Security Solutions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Health, State Government of Victoria