TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiotherapy imaging: An unexpected ally in fighting COVID 19 pandemic
AU - Boldrini, Luca
AU - Dinapoli, Nicola
AU - Valentini, Vincenzo
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-COVID 19 has rapidly taken on pandemic proportions, with nearly 2.400.000 people infected and 165.000 dead, at the time writing (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/).
It has become evident that fragile patients are at enhanced risk of hospitalization, general complications and death. In such a harsh scenario, cancer patients are at significant risk and need particular care in order to prevent, reduce and avoid all the possible contagion occasions [[1]].
AB - The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-COVID 19 has rapidly taken on pandemic proportions, with nearly 2.400.000 people infected and 165.000 dead, at the time writing (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/).
It has become evident that fragile patients are at enhanced risk of hospitalization, general complications and death. In such a harsh scenario, cancer patients are at significant risk and need particular care in order to prevent, reduce and avoid all the possible contagion occasions [[1]].
KW - radiotherapy, covid 19
KW - radiotherapy, covid 19
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/178044
U2 - 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.036
DO - 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.036
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-8140
VL - 148
SP - 223
EP - 224
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
ER -