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ReviewInternational journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society2022

Gynecologic radiation therapy in low and middle income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rohini K Bhatia, Katie E Lichter, Lavanya Gurram, Emily MacDuffie, Dorothy Lombe, Gustavo R Sarria, Surbhi Grover

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Review in International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Rohini K BhatiaDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1444-7378
Katie E LichterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lavanya GurramRadiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Emily MacDuffieDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dorothy LombeOncology, Cancer Diseases Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-5083-1801
Gustavo R SarriaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Surbhi GroverDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Botswana-University of Pennsylvania Partnership, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA surbhigrover@gmail.com.
Johns Hopkins University · USTata Memorial Hospital · INUniversity Hospital Bonn · DEUniversity of Botswana · BWUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Prognostic value of quantitative HPV viral load in determining cervical cancer treatment response and recurrenceK08CA230170 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GROVER, SURBHI · 2019 to 2023
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA230170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever affected healthcare and posed an incredible challenge to our society to care for our sick. Patients with cancer were found early on to have higher rates of complications with COVID-19. Radiation therapy is an integral part of treatment for many types of gynecologic cancer and adaptation on its utilization during the pandemic varied across the globe. In this review, we detail certain guidelines for the use of radiation in gynecologic cancers during the pandemic as well as real world accounts of how different countries adapted to these guidelines or created their own based on individualized resources, staffing, government restrictions, and societal norms. Critically, this review demonstrates the breadth of fractionation schemes and technologies used when resources were limited but highlights the importance of long term follow-up for many of our patients during this time.

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AdultCOVID-19Developing CountriesFemaleGenital Diseases, FemaleHumansIndiaInternetMiddle AgedRadiotherapySurveys and QuestionnairesbrachytherapyCOVID-19radiation oncology

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PMID35256435
PMCPMC9997715
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