Letter to the Editor regarding ESTRO-ASTRO guidelines on lung cancer radiotherapy during COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy.
² Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: paolobor82@yahoo.it.
³ Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCSS, Rozzano, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
⁵ Division of Radiotherapy, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Italy.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ospedale S. Gerardo and University of Milan "Bicocca", Italy.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Croce and Carle Teaching Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Advanced Radiation Oncology, IRCCS - Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy; University of Brescia, Italy.
¹¹ Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Comment

Stefano Maria Magrini et al. Radiother Oncol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun:147:229-230.

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.034. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

¹ Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy.
² Radiation Oncology Department, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: paolobor82@yahoo.it.
³ Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCSS, Rozzano, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
⁵ Division of Radiotherapy, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Italy.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ospedale S. Gerardo and University of Milan "Bicocca", Italy.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Croce and Carle Teaching Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Advanced Radiation Oncology, IRCCS - Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy; University of Brescia, Italy.
¹¹ Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

No abstract available

Comment in

Response letter: Handling of COVID-19 positive lung cancer patients during the pandemic.
Guckenberger M, Palma DA. Guckenberger M, et al. Radiother Oncol. 2020 Jun;147:231. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.049. Epub 2020 May 7. Radiother Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32389757 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Practice recommendations for lung cancer radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus statement.
Guckenberger M, Belka C, Bezjak A, Bradley J, Daly ME, DeRuysscher D, Dziadziuszko R, Faivre-Finn C, Flentje M, Gore E, Higgins KA, Iyengar P, Kavanagh BD, Kumar S, Le Pechoux C, Lievens Y, Lindberg K, McDonald F, Ramella S, Rengan R, Ricardi U, Rimner A, Rodrigues GB, Schild SE, Senan S, Simone CB 2nd, Slotman BJ, Stuschke M, Videtic G, Widder J, Yom SS, Palma D. Guckenberger M, et al. Radiother Oncol. 2020 May;146:223-229. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 6. Radiother Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32342863 Free PMC article.

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