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Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, minimizing exposure risk for patients with cancer and health care personnel was of utmost importance. Here, we present steps taken to date to flatten the curve at the radiation oncology division of a tertiary cancer center with the goal of mitigating ris...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.038 |
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author | Noticewala, Sonal S. Koong, Albert C. Bloom, Elizabeth S. Choi, Seungtaek Chronowski, Gregory Ghafar, Robert A. Guadagnolo, B. Ashleigh Gunn, G. Brandon Klopp, Ann Lee, Percy Li, Jing Liao, Zhongxing Ludmir, Ethan B. McAleer, Mary Frances Nguyen, Quynh-Nhu Ning, Matthew S. Robinson, Ivy J. Rosenthal, David I. Shah, Shalin J. Woodward, Wendy A. Zaebst, Denise J. Dabaja, Bouthaina S. Das, Prajnan |
author_facet | Noticewala, Sonal S. Koong, Albert C. Bloom, Elizabeth S. Choi, Seungtaek Chronowski, Gregory Ghafar, Robert A. Guadagnolo, B. Ashleigh Gunn, G. Brandon Klopp, Ann Lee, Percy Li, Jing Liao, Zhongxing Ludmir, Ethan B. McAleer, Mary Frances Nguyen, Quynh-Nhu Ning, Matthew S. Robinson, Ivy J. Rosenthal, David I. Shah, Shalin J. Woodward, Wendy A. Zaebst, Denise J. Dabaja, Bouthaina S. Das, Prajnan |
author_sort | Noticewala, Sonal S. |
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description | During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, minimizing exposure risk for patients with cancer and health care personnel was of utmost importance. Here, we present steps taken to date to flatten the curve at the radiation oncology division of a tertiary cancer center with the goal of mitigating risk of exposure among patients and staff, and optimizing resource utilization. Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in this large tertiary referral center included volume reduction, personal protective equipment recommendations, flexible clinic visit interaction types dictated by need and risk reduction, and numerous social distancing strategies. We hope these outlined considerations can assist the wider radiation oncology community as we collectively face this ongoing challenge. |
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spelling | pubmed-72402742020-05-21 Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center Noticewala, Sonal S. Koong, Albert C. Bloom, Elizabeth S. Choi, Seungtaek Chronowski, Gregory Ghafar, Robert A. Guadagnolo, B. Ashleigh Gunn, G. Brandon Klopp, Ann Lee, Percy Li, Jing Liao, Zhongxing Ludmir, Ethan B. McAleer, Mary Frances Nguyen, Quynh-Nhu Ning, Matthew S. Robinson, Ivy J. Rosenthal, David I. Shah, Shalin J. Woodward, Wendy A. Zaebst, Denise J. Dabaja, Bouthaina S. Das, Prajnan Adv Radiat Oncol Recommendations for clinic operations and treatment during COVID19 During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, minimizing exposure risk for patients with cancer and health care personnel was of utmost importance. Here, we present steps taken to date to flatten the curve at the radiation oncology division of a tertiary cancer center with the goal of mitigating risk of exposure among patients and staff, and optimizing resource utilization. Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in this large tertiary referral center included volume reduction, personal protective equipment recommendations, flexible clinic visit interaction types dictated by need and risk reduction, and numerous social distancing strategies. We hope these outlined considerations can assist the wider radiation oncology community as we collectively face this ongoing challenge. Elsevier 2020-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7240274/ /pubmed/32775771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.038 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/). |
spellingShingle | Recommendations for clinic operations and treatment during COVID19 Noticewala, Sonal S. Koong, Albert C. Bloom, Elizabeth S. Choi, Seungtaek Chronowski, Gregory Ghafar, Robert A. Guadagnolo, B. Ashleigh Gunn, G. Brandon Klopp, Ann Lee, Percy Li, Jing Liao, Zhongxing Ludmir, Ethan B. McAleer, Mary Frances Nguyen, Quynh-Nhu Ning, Matthew S. Robinson, Ivy J. Rosenthal, David I. Shah, Shalin J. Woodward, Wendy A. Zaebst, Denise J. Dabaja, Bouthaina S. Das, Prajnan Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title | Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title_full | Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title_fullStr | Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title_full_unstemmed | Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title_short | Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center |
title_sort | radiation oncology strategies to flatten the curve during the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic: experience from a large tertiary cancer center |
topic | Recommendations for clinic operations and treatment during COVID19 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.038 |
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