Delays and disruptions in cancer health care due to COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review

R Riera, ÂM Bagattini, RL Pacheco, DV Pachito… - JCO global …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE There has been noteworthy concern about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on
health services including the management of cancer. In addition to being considered at …

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 …

The worldwide impact of COVID-19 on cancer care: A meta-analysis of surveys published after the first wave of the pandemic

S Di Cosimo, N Susca, G Apolone, N Silvestris… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The rapid and global spread of COVID-19 posed a massive challenge to
healthcare systems, which came across the need to provide high-intensity assistance to …

Covid-19 and radiotherapy: a systematic review after 2 years of pandemic

A Piras, V Venuti, A D'Aviero, D Cusumano… - Clinical and translational …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Following the Covid-19 pandemic spread, changes in clinical practice
were necessary to limit the pandemic diffusion. Also, oncological practice has undergone …

Radiotherapy based management during Covid-19 pandemic–A systematic review of presented consensus and guidelines

Z Siavashpour, N Goharpey, M Mobasheri - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment management of cancer patients in the radiation oncology departments
during the current COVID-19 pandemic is challenging. A systematic review of published …

A multi-institutional assessment of COVID-19-related risk in radiation oncology

N Viscariello, S Evans, S Parker, D Schofield… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to delivering safe and timely
care for cancer patients. The oncology community has undertaken substantial workflow …

Therapy delay due to COVID-19 pandemic among European women with breast cancer: prevalence and associated factors

N Gremke, S Griewing, E Bausch, S Alymova… - Journal of Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer
(BC) care, analyzing treatment delays and factors associated with them. Methods This …

Looking Back: international practice patterns in breast radiation oncology from a case-based survey across 54 countries during the first surge of the COVID-19 …

OT Oladeru, SA Dunn, J Li, CE Coles… - JCO global …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected cancer care worldwide,
including radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer (BC), because of risk-based resource …

Palliative radiotherapy during the last month of life: have COVID-19 recommendations led to reduced utilization?

C Nieder, EC Haukland, B Mannsaker, R Yobuta - in vivo, 2021 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The study aimed to evaluate practice changes in the time period of the
early wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective …

[HTML][HTML] Change in the use of fractionation in radiotherapy used for early breast cancer at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study of …

MR Gannon, D Dodwell, K Miller, K Horgan… - Clinical Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims Adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended for most patients with early breast cancer
(EBC) receiving breast-conserving surgery and those at moderate/high risk of recurrence …