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ArticleRadiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology2020

Evolution of clinical radiotherapy physics practice under COVID-19 constraints.

Rao Khan, Arash Darafsheh, Mehran Goharian, Savino Cilla, J Eduardo Villarreal-Barajas

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Article in Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. A multi-institutional assessment of COVID-19-related risk in radiation oncology.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2020
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  6. Telemedicine in Radiation Oncology Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: There Is No Turning Back.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rao KhanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Arash DarafshehDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. Electronic address: arash.darafsheh@wustl.edu.
Mehran GoharianDepartment of Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Victoria, Canada.
Savino CillaMedical Physics Unit, Gemelli Molise Hospital, Campobasso, Italy.
J Eduardo Villarreal-BarajasRoyal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, England, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the COVID-19 spread continues to challenge the societal and professional norms, radiotherapy around the globe is pushed into an unprecedented transformation. We will discuss how clinical physics has transformed to ascertain safety and quality standards across four facilities around the world through diversity of action, innovation, and scientific flexibility.

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BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19HumansPhysicsRadiotherapySARS-CoV-2Clinical physicContingency planCoronavirusCOVID-19Medical physicPandemic

Identifiers

PMID32474126
PMCPMC7256544

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