Letter from Italy: First practical indications for radiation therapy departments during COVID-19 outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: a.filippi@smatteo.pv.it.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Croce and Carle Teaching Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, ASST Spedali Civili and Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Italy.

Editorial

Andrea Riccardo Filippi et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;107(3):597-599.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.03.007. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: a.filippi@smatteo.pv.it.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Croce and Carle Teaching Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, ASST Spedali Civili and Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Italy.

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