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Editorial
. 2022 Jul 16;7(6):101027.
doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.101027. eCollection 2022 Nov-Dec.

Radiation Therapy Under the Falling Bombs: A Tale of 2 Ukrainian Cancer Centers

Nataliya Kovalchuk  1 , Ruslan Zelinskyi  2 , Andrii Hanych  3 , Yuliia Severyn  4 , Bohdana Bachynska  4 , Andriy Beznosenko  5 , Oleh Duda  6 , Roman Kowalchuk  7 , Viktor Iakovenko  8 , Nelya Melnitchouk  9 , Natalka Suchowerska  10
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Radiation Therapy Under the Falling Bombs: A Tale of 2 Ukrainian Cancer Centers

Nataliya Kovalchuk et al. Adv Radiat Oncol. .
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Figures

Fig 1
Fig. 1
Map of the cancer centers providing external beam radiation therapy in Ukraine as of June 2022. The orange radiation symbol denotes Co-60 machines and the blue symbol denotes linear accelerators. Orange arrows show the radiation therapy centers under Russian occupation since 2014, green arrows show the radiation therapy centers under Russian occupation after full-scale invasion in 2022, blue arrows show the centers working under constant shelling as of June 2022, and red arrows show the centers that suspended operation as of June 2022. Source: https://dirac.iaea.org/, supplemented by the data from Ruslan Zelinskyi.
Fig 2
Fig. 2
Dr Andrii Hanych, chair of the Radiation Oncology department at Mariupol Oncological Dispensary during the interview, shows a piece of shrapnel that hit the hospital while he and his patients were sheltering inside. He made a decision to contact the Ukrainian military to evacuate the patients immediately. A few hours after the evacuation bus departed, the missile hit the radiation oncology department (Video 1 in the Supplement).
Fig 3
Fig. 3
A Mariupol oncological dispensary hit by a missile 2 hours after the patients evacuated. The fate of the Co-60 source is unknown (Video 2 in the Supplement).
Fig 4
Fig. 4
OKHMATDYT's simulation computed tomography is used for diagnostic purposes. This individual, unfortunately, died of his wounds.
Fig 5
Fig. 5
OKHMATDYT's staff is taking care of a 5-year-old boy wounded in the back (Video 4 in the Supplement).
Fig 6
Fig. 6
OKHMATDYT's Radiation Therapy Technician heroes: Bohdana Bachynska (left) and Yana Kuts (right). Bohdana stayed in OKHMATDYT 24/7 to scan wounded patients, and Yana serves in the Ukrainian army as an emergency medical technician.
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