Italy experienced one of the world's deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks and healthcare systems had to instantly reorganise activity. The Italian Radiation Oncology Departments adapted numerous solutions to minimize the disruptions. Information technologies, treatment prioritization and implementation of hypofractionation and protection procedures allowed balancing between cancer patient care and patient/healthcare workers safety.

COVID-19 outbreak and cancer radiotherapy disruption in Italy: survey endorsed by the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) / Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara; Pepa, Matteo; Marvaso, Giulia; Bruni, Alessio; e Bastia, Michela Buglione di Monale; Catalano, Gianpiero; Riccardo Filippi, Andrea; Franco, Pierfrancesco; Antonietta Gambacorta, Maria; Genovesi, Domenico; Iatì, Giuseppe; Magli, Alessandro; Marafioti, Luigi; Meattini, Icro; Merlotti, Anna; Mignogna, Marcello; Musio, Daniela; Pacelli, Roberto; Pergolizzi, Stefano; Tombolini, Vincenzo; Trovò, Marco; Ricardi, Umberto; Maria Magrini, Stefano; Corvò, Renzo; Donato, Vittorio. - In: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-8140. - 149:(2020), pp. 89-93. [10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.061]

COVID-19 outbreak and cancer radiotherapy disruption in Italy: survey endorsed by the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO)

Vincenzo Tombolini
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Vittorio Donato
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Data Curation
2020

Abstract

Italy experienced one of the world's deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks and healthcare systems had to instantly reorganise activity. The Italian Radiation Oncology Departments adapted numerous solutions to minimize the disruptions. Information technologies, treatment prioritization and implementation of hypofractionation and protection procedures allowed balancing between cancer patient care and patient/healthcare workers safety.
2020
AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology); COVID-19; Italy; radiation oncology; survey; COVID-19; disease outbreaks; humans; Italy; neoplasms; SARS-CoV-2; surveys and questionnaires; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus infections; medical oncology; pandemics; pneumonia, viral
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COVID-19 outbreak and cancer radiotherapy disruption in Italy: survey endorsed by the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) / Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara; Pepa, Matteo; Marvaso, Giulia; Bruni, Alessio; e Bastia, Michela Buglione di Monale; Catalano, Gianpiero; Riccardo Filippi, Andrea; Franco, Pierfrancesco; Antonietta Gambacorta, Maria; Genovesi, Domenico; Iatì, Giuseppe; Magli, Alessandro; Marafioti, Luigi; Meattini, Icro; Merlotti, Anna; Mignogna, Marcello; Musio, Daniela; Pacelli, Roberto; Pergolizzi, Stefano; Tombolini, Vincenzo; Trovò, Marco; Ricardi, Umberto; Maria Magrini, Stefano; Corvò, Renzo; Donato, Vittorio. - In: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-8140. - 149:(2020), pp. 89-93. [10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.061]
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