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Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and COVID-19 diffusion have recently become an international public health emergency. Cancer patients, as a frail population, are particularly exposed to the risk related to infections. The clinical decision-making process and the organizational workflow of radiotherapy departmen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32509860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4892382 |
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author | Franco, Pierfrancesco Kochbati, Lofti Siano, Marco De Bari, Berardino |
author_facet | Franco, Pierfrancesco Kochbati, Lofti Siano, Marco De Bari, Berardino |
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description | SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and COVID-19 diffusion have recently become an international public health emergency. Cancer patients, as a frail population, are particularly exposed to the risk related to infections. The clinical decision-making process and the organizational workflow of radiotherapy department should be revised in the light of the critical situation. We herein provide practical suggestions derived from the available literature and discussed during an online session held within the e-learning educational program of the European School of Oncology on March 31st 2020. |
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spelling | pubmed-72540742020-06-06 Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic Franco, Pierfrancesco Kochbati, Lofti Siano, Marco De Bari, Berardino Biomed Res Int Review Article SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and COVID-19 diffusion have recently become an international public health emergency. Cancer patients, as a frail population, are particularly exposed to the risk related to infections. The clinical decision-making process and the organizational workflow of radiotherapy department should be revised in the light of the critical situation. We herein provide practical suggestions derived from the available literature and discussed during an online session held within the e-learning educational program of the European School of Oncology on March 31st 2020. Hindawi 2020-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7254074/ /pubmed/32509860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4892382 Text en Copyright © 2020 Pierfrancesco Franco et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Franco, Pierfrancesco Kochbati, Lofti Siano, Marco De Bari, Berardino Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Suggestions for Radiation Oncologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | suggestions for radiation oncologists during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32509860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4892382 |
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