Recommendations for head and neck surgical oncology practice in a setting of acute severe resource constraint during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international …

H Mehanna, JC Hardman, JA Shenson… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The speed and scale of the global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented
pressures on health services worldwide, requiring new methods of service delivery during …

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical radiography practice: a systematic literature review and recommendations for future services planning

TN Akudjedu, NA Mishio, W Elshami, MP Culp… - Radiography, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Worldwide, reports and experiences indicate that there has been extensive re-
organisation within diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy departments in response to the …

Estimated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services and excess 1-year mortality in people with cancer and multimorbidity: near real-time data on cancer …

AG Lai, L Pasea, A Banerjee, G Hall, S Denaxas… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care services and
overall (direct and indirect) excess deaths in people with cancer. Methods We employed …

Estimating excess mortality in people with cancer and multimorbidity in the COVID-19 emergency

AG Lai, L Pasea, A Banerjee, S Denaxas, M Katsoulis… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Cancer and multiple non-cancer conditions are considered by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as high risk conditions in the COVID-19 emergency …

Integrated survival estimates for cancer treatment delay among adults with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

HE Hartman, Y Sun, TP Devasia, EC Chase… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cancer treatment delay has been reported to variably impact cancer-specific
survival and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–specific mortality during the severe …

Outcomes of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infection in 107 patients with cancer from Wuhan, China

H Zhang, L Wang, Y Chen, Q Wu, G Chen, X Shen… - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with cancer have a higher risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐
19) than noncancer patients. The authors conducted a multicenter retrospective study to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on practice in European radiation oncology centers

BJ Slotman, Y Lievens, P Poortmans… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
ESTRO surveyed European radiation oncology department heads to evaluate the impact of
COVID-19. Telemedicine was used in 78% of the departments, and 60% reported a decline …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiography practice: findings from a UK radiography workforce survey

TN Akudjedu, O Lawal, M Sharma, J Elliott… - BJR| Open, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: Radiographers are key patient-facing healthcare professionals involved in many
aspects of patient care. The working patterns and professional practice of the radiography …

Head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID‐19 pandemic: an international, multicenter, observational cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative, R Shaw, SC Winter… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The aims of this study were to provide data on the safety of head and neck
cancer surgery currently being undertaken during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Radiation fractionation schedules published during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of the quality of evidence and recommendations for future …

DJ Thomson, SS Yom, H Saeed, I El Naqa… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Numerous publications during the COVID-19 pandemic recommended the use of
hypofractionated radiation therapy. This project assessed aggregate changes in the quality …