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Disease Site-Specific Guidelines for Curative Radiation Treatment During 'Limited Surgery' and 'Hospital Avoidance': A Radiation Oncology Perspective From the Epicenter of COVID-19 Pandemic.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cancer Stem Cell Biomarkers Predictive of Radiotherapy Response in Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review.Genes · 2021Pooled it
- Radiotherapy based management during Covid-19 pandemic - A systematic review of presented consensus and guidelines.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2021Pooled it
- Radiation Fractionation Schedules Published During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of the Quality of Evidence and Recommendations for Future Development.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2020Pooled it
- Feasibility of online adaptive SBRT boost with 1.5-T MR-Linac for cervical cancer patients unsuitable for brachytherapy: a planning study.Journal of radiation research · 2026Article
- JNK Inhibition Overcomes Resistance of Metastatic Tetraploid Cancer Cells to Irradiation-Induced Apoptosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on older cancer patients: Proposed solution by the International Geriatric Radiotherapy Group.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Gynecologic radiation therapy in low and middle income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2022Review
- Tailored treatment strategies for cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2022Review
- Implementation of Telehealth in Radiation Oncology: Rapid Integration During COVID-19 and Its Future Role in Our Practice.Advances in radiation oncologyArticle
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented situation where the standard of care (SOC) management for cancers has been altered significantly. Patients with potentially curable cancers are at risk of not receiving timely SOC multidisciplinary treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or combination treatments. Hospital resources are in such high demand for COVID-19 patients that procedures, such as surgery, dentistry, interventional radiology, and other ancillary services, are not available for cancer patients. Our tertiary care center is considered the center of the epicenter in the USA. As a result, all non-emergent surgeries have been suspended in order to provide hospital beds and other resources for COVID-19 patients. Additionally, ambulatory efforts to avoid treatment-related morbidity are critical for keeping patients out of emergency departments and hospitals. In this review article, we discuss evidence-based radiation therapy approaches for curable cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on three scenarios of cancer care: 1) radiation therapy as an alternative to surgery when immediate surgery is not possible, 2) radiation therapy as a 'bridge' to surgery, and 3) radiation options definitively or postoperatively, given the risk of hospitalization with high-dose chemotherapy.
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