Cancer and COVID-19 - potentially deleterious effects of delaying radiotherapy

Himanshu Nagar; Silvia C Formenti

doi:10.1038/s41571-020-0375-1

Cancer and COVID-19 - potentially deleterious effects of delaying radiotherapy

Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun;17(6):332-334. doi: 10.1038/s41571-020-0375-1.

Authors

Himanshu Nagar¹, Silvia C Formenti²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. formenti@med.cornell.edu.

Abstract

Radiotherapy can be safely delivered during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, often through use of hypofractionated regimens, which minimize the number of visits to treatment centres while also avoiding potentially detrimental delays in the delivery of cancer care.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / complications
Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Breast Neoplasms / virology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / radiotherapy*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms / complications
Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / virology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Lung Neoplasms / virology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / radiotherapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology