Running a Radiation Oncology Department at the Time of Coronavirus: An Italian Experience

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Starting from Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-2 has been a catastrophic epidemic involving many countries worldwide. After China, Italy has been heavily affected, and severe measures to limit the spread of the virus have been taken in the last weeks. Radiation oncology departments must guarantee optimal canc...

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Autores principales: Krengli, Marco, Ferrara, Eleonora, Mastroleo, Federico, Brambilla, Marco, Ricardi, Umberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Initial response to COVID-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32292837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.003
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Brambilla, Marco
Ricardi, Umberto
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description Starting from Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-2 has been a catastrophic epidemic involving many countries worldwide. After China, Italy has been heavily affected, and severe measures to limit the spread of the virus have been taken in the last weeks. Radiation oncology departments must guarantee optimal cancer treatments even in such a challenging scenario of an ongoing aggressive epidemic. Adopted preventive measures and recommendations are highlighted for patients, professionals, and clinical operations to minimize the risk of infection while safely treating patients with cancer.
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spelling pubmed-71026102020-03-31 Running a Radiation Oncology Department at the Time of Coronavirus: An Italian Experience Krengli, Marco Ferrara, Eleonora Mastroleo, Federico Brambilla, Marco Ricardi, Umberto Adv Radiat Oncol Initial response to COVID-19 Starting from Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-2 has been a catastrophic epidemic involving many countries worldwide. After China, Italy has been heavily affected, and severe measures to limit the spread of the virus have been taken in the last weeks. Radiation oncology departments must guarantee optimal cancer treatments even in such a challenging scenario of an ongoing aggressive epidemic. Adopted preventive measures and recommendations are highlighted for patients, professionals, and clinical operations to minimize the risk of infection while safely treating patients with cancer. Elsevier 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7102610/ /pubmed/32292837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.003 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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