COVID-19: A Catalyst for Change for UK Clinical Oncology

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: colesc@doctors.org.uk.
² The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK.
⁴ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Cancer Centre, Leeds, UK.
⁵ The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
⁶ Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK; Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
⁷ Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK; Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK.
⁸ Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK; Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh, UK.

Editorial

Charlotte Elizabeth Coles et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 1;108(2):462-465.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.06.041.

¹ Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: colesc@doctors.org.uk.
² The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK.
⁴ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Cancer Centre, Leeds, UK.
⁵ The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
⁶ Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK; Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
⁷ Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK; Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK.
⁸ Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK; Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh, UK.

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