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National Radiation Oncology Registry (NROR)

The ROI, in partnership with ASTRO, is developing the National Radiation Oncology Registry (NROR), the first of its kind for radiation oncology. The intent of the registry is to improve the care of cancer patients by capturing real-time, real-world reliable information on radiation treatment delivery and health outcomes through a prospective electronic registry infrastructure. Localized prostate cancer will be the initial disease site in the NROR pilot, scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012 (see below).

NROR Goal:
To provide patients, clinicians, payers and policymakers with critical information to allow rapid comparison between competing treatment modalities for sound decision making.

Objectives:
- Collect patient-specific radiotherapy data electronically.
- Determine national patterns of care and gaps in quality of treatment.
- Provide benchmark data and tools to individual practitioners for quality improvement.
- Generate hypotheses linking processes of care and outcomes.

Prostate Pilot in 2012:
Attention all radiation oncologists!
A network of motivated pilot centers is being assembled to participate in the Pilot Prostate for this important initiative. The final group of pilot participants will represent a mix of facility types, geographic settings, patient volume and radiation modalities used. No matter how large or small your institution or practice (or how many or few prostate cancer patients you see), we need you! If you are interested in joining this collaborative effort, please complete the application to provide your information.

If you have questions, contact Tracy Casteuble.

NROR Executive Committee:
Co-chairmen
Jatinder Palta, PhD
Christopher Rose, MD, FASTRO

Justin Bekelman, MD (also Data Dictionary Committee chairman; Pilot Prostate Committee co-chairman)
Carl R. Bogardus Jr., MD, FASTRO (also Data Dictionary Committee co-chairman)
Jason Efstathiou, MD, DPhil (also Pilot Prostate Committee chairman)
Peter Gabriel, MD (also IT Infrastructure Committee co-chairman)
Colleen Lawton, MD, FASTRO
Todd McNutt, PhD (also IT Infrastructure Committee chairman)
Sasa Mutic, MS (also Data Dictionary Committee co-chairman)
Terry Wall, JD, MD (also Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee chairman)
Anthony Zietman, MD, FASTRO