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Editorial
. 2020 Sep:150:1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.05.047. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

A national survey on radiation oncology patterns of practice in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Present changes and future perspectives

Vérane Achard  1 , Daniel M Aebersold  2 , Abdelkarim S Allal  3 , Nicolaus Andratschke  4 , Brigitta G Baumert  5 , Karl T Beer  6 , Michael Betz  7 , Thomas Breuneval  8 , Stephan Bodis  9 , Berardino de Bari  10 , Robert Förster  11 , Alessandra Franzetti-Pellanda  12 , Matthias Guckenberger  4 , Evelyn Herrmann  13 , Constance Huck  1 , Kaouthar Khanfir  14 , Oscar Matzinger  15 , Nicolas Peguret  16 , Gianfranco Pesce  17 , Paul M Putora  18 , Christiane Reuter  19 , Antonella Richetti  17 , Hansjörg Vees  20 , Conny Vrieling  16 , Kathrin Zaugg  21 , Frank Zimmermann  22 , Daniel R Zwahlen  11 , Pelagia Tsoutsou  23 , Thomas Zilli  24
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Editorial

A national survey on radiation oncology patterns of practice in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Present changes and future perspectives

Vérane Achard et al. Radiother Oncol. 2020 Sep.
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Fig. 1
Use of hypofractionation for breast (A) and rectal cancer (B) before and during COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fig. 2
Survey questions for non-prostate, non-breast disease sites. (RT, Radiotherapy).
Supplementary figure 1
Supplementary figure 1
Switzerland map with participating radiation-oncology departments. University Hospitals are marked with a red pinpoint. One university hospital and two satellite centers. Aarau and Baden. Cities in bold refer to radiation oncology departments confronted to COVID-19 patients up to the 7th April, 2020.
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