Consensus Statements

The ABS Consensus Statements aim to provide ABS members with updated information and guidelines on standard brachytherapy management. Below are the detailed descriptions of the Consensus Guideline submission process:

1. Consensus Guideline Proposal Submission by ABS Members:
   1. The Submitter will fill out the intake form to submit the proposal of Consensus Statements.
   2. The Standard, Quality, and Safety Council Co-Chairs will conduct an initial review, on every other month basis, of the proposal to ensure all required elements are included. This could take a minimum of 30 days and no more than 60 days.
   3. At the completion of the co-chairs review of the proposal, the document will be shared with the SQS council. Pending Standard, Quality, and Safety Council approval, the proposal will be forwarded via email to the ABS BOD for final approval. This step should take a maximum of 30 days.
   4. ABS BOD will need to approve, reject or add comments/edits within 30 days of receiving the proposal from SQS council.
   5. If the submitter plans to submit the Consensus Guideline to a journal other than Brachytherapy journal, the targeted journal should be listed in the intake form for the ABS BOD’s consideration and approval.
   6. Each proposal should have a board champion from BOD.
2. Topic Selection and Author Assignment by the ABS Board of Directors (BOD):
   1. The ABS BOD reserves the discretion to modify the topic and select senior and junior authors for the proposal of a new or updated Consensus Statement.
   2. All authors participating in the consensus statements must be ABS members. Authors
      from non-brachytherapy specialties may contribute and are not required to be ABS
      members.
3. Authorship Recommendation:
   1. The ABS strongly encourages the involvement of junior authors.
   2. The senior author must have published on the topic of interest within the last 5 years.
   3. At least one ABS board author is required.
   4. A maximum of 15 authors for the Consensus Statement is recommended. This number can be increased to 20 if approved by the ABS board.
4. Document Completion and Publication Consideration:
   1. The final document should be completed within 6 months following the proposal approval.
   2. For publications in the Journal of Brachytherapy or other targeted journals:
      1. The completed document will be peer-reviewed by the Co-Chairs of the Standard, Quality, and Safety Council, along with two additional council members. Following that, it will be submitted for final review and approval by the ABS BOD.
      2. After the ABS BOD's review and approval, the document will go through the respected journal review process.

Please use the intake form below to submit your proposal and consensus document. For questions,  please contact Diandra Ayala-Peacock, MD or Mahta Mckee, MS

Intake Form

Please e-mail us if you have any questions about the new approval process. The goal is to create a transparent process to maximize the engagement of ABS members.

Read the Current Consensus Statements:

Prostate
GYN
Breast
Skin
Penile
Liver
Eye
Other
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