Changing practice Clause Samples

Changing practice. Radiotherapy is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of medicine and clinical trials currently underway, once reported, may potentially change practice in the first half of the next decade (2020 – 2025). Whilst the impact of this work cannot yet be anticipated, and it would be unwise to plan services based on such estimated changes at this time, we are aware of the main areas of potential change and these are in high volume pathways. For breast, there is a potential reduction in the optimal radiotherapy rate and a potential reduction in the number of fractions per course for selected patients; for prostate there is a potential increase in the optimal radiotherapy rate however developments in both external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy may in time reduce the number of fractions required for selected patients; and for lung cancer there may be a possible increase in the optimal referral rate associated with increasing capabilities to treat early stage disease potentially as an alternative to surgery.