Effect of radiotherapy interruption due to COVID-19 outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China.
² Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: qibinsong@163.com.
³ Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: rm001227@whu.edu.cn.

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Dongdong Yu et al. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb:155:1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.09.055. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

¹ Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China.
² Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: qibinsong@163.com.
³ Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Rd, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: rm001227@whu.edu.cn.

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Keywords: Covid-19; Interruption; Radiotherapy.

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