Quality in cancer care: Lessons from the Canadian partnership for quality radiotherapy

Abstract

With the increasing complexity of cancer treatment and the emergence of technologies that offer individualized therapy options for people being treated for the disease, cancer care professionals are facing greater demands for knowledge exchange and information input. The Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy was established in 2010 in response to such demands and has used both bottom-up and top-down approaches to successfully support improved program planning, treatment delivery, and patient care within the Canadian radiation treatment community. Focusing on shared priorities using this bilateral engagement is a lesson that can be applied broadly across the cancer system.