Radiotherapy Planning and Peer Review in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study of Cloud-Based Technology to Enable Remote Peer Review and Training

A major challenge for radiotherapy centers in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs) is ensuring that the treatment delivered is consistently of high quality. The WHO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) have all addressed the importance of peer review in radiotherapy in recent years, recommending it as a vital quality-assurance measure for any radiotherapy center to ensure safe, high-quality treatment. It is therefore imperative that multidisciplinary radiotherapy teams in LMICs receive adequate training in radiotherapy planning and have access to ongoing expert input and peer review to achieve this.