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¹Royal Marsden NHS Vakfı Radyasyon Onkolojisi Departmanı, Londra-Birleşik Krallık
²Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Kliniği, İstanbul-Türkiye
³Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Medikal Fizik Yüksek Lisans Programı, İstanbul-Türkiye
⁴Florence Nightingale Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Kliniği, İstanbul-Türkiye
⁵Genesiscare London MRL Ünitesi, Londra-Birleşik Krallık
⁶Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Anabilim Dalı, İzmir-Türkiye
⁷Acıbadem Bursa Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Kliniği, Bursa-Türkiye
⁸MNT Sağlık Hizmetleri A.Ş., İstanbul-Türkiye
⁹Göztepe Medicalpark Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Kliniği, İstanbul-Türkiye
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¹¹İzmir Tınaztepe Üniversitesi, Özel Galen Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Anabilim Dalı, İzmir-Türkiye DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2024.001 The Education Board of the Medical Physics Society called on the members of the society in April 2024 to write up-to-date, practical and advisory reports for medical physics experts, including issues related to quality control and quality assurance of devices and systems used in radiotherapy treatments throughout the country. MFDGG-001 task group was formed among experienced and volunteer members and work on the quality control and quality assurance report for treatment planning systems has started. This is a brief summary report on the test contents and application methods of the comprehensive report, which is currently being written and is planned to be published in 2025. The aim of MFDGG-001 is to create a reliable and practical quality assurance program for treatment planning systems by writing a simple recommendation in the native language on the quality control tests and methods recommended by international guidelines. The quality control tests of treatment planning systems are grouped under the following headings: classification of algorithms, verification of calculations under reference conditions, verification of calculations under non-reference conditions, verification of dosimetric and mechanical multileaf collimator parameters, electron density curve measurements, heterogeneity verification, end-to-end tests and verification of dose volume histograms. For each test, the purpose of the test, how the test is performed, the recommended frequency and tolerance range, if applicable, are specified. However, it should be kept in mind that this report, which we think will fill the current gap related to treatment planning systems, is a recommendation, and it should be noted that the implementation steps, test frequencies, acceptance and intervention limits are the responsibility of medical physicists working in the clinic. Keywords : Quality control; quality assurance; treatment planning system