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Give two specific examples of how physicists can contribute to clinical trial protocol compliance.
Clinical trials can be defined as any research study that prospectively assigns human participants to one or more health related interventions to evaluate the effect on health outcomes.
Medical physicist can contribute to clinical trial protocol compliance :-
?Providing risk management advise
Medical physicist are familiar with the risk management concepts from their involvement in radiation protection. So they can also give risk management advise for clinical trials in particular as it pertains to technological aspects. For example - Their contributions are useful in Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOH) trial protocols.
? Planning objectives for treatment and review of the treatment plans.
They review plans prior to patients receiving treatment. For example - Stereotactic Ablative Radiation therapy (SARA) is a critical and potentially affects safety of patient's treatment, so they perform real time checks which require review of the plans prior to patients receiving this treatment.