Treatment of cancer under the impression of the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with completely new challenges. Based on several underlying factor cancer patients per se harbor an increased risk for dismal outcome of COVID. Age, malnutrition, pre-existing lung disorders and immune suppression comprise the most notable factors to be taken into account in cancer patients. As radiotherapy is one of the major pillars in oncology, there is an urgent need for recommendations on how to deal with various facets of COVID-19 in the framework of radiation oncology. The article by S. Combs et al represents the result of a consensus discussion between representatives from five large University Hospitals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Radiation Oncology encompasses all aspects of research that impacts on the treatment of cancer using radiation. It publishes findings in molecular and cellular radiation biology, radiation physics, radiation technology, and clinical oncology.
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Preliminary result of carbon-ion radiotherapy using the spot scanning method for prostate cancer
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The effect of primary tumor radiotherapy in patients with Unresectable stage IV Rectal or Rectosigmoid Cancer: a propensity score matching analysis for survival
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Investigating the loco-regional control of simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy with different radiation fraction sizes for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: clinical outcomes and the application of an extended LQ/TCP model
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Hypofractionated palliative volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy with the Radiation Oncology Study Group 8502 “QUAD shot” regimen for incurable head and neck cancer
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Adjuvant radiotherapy of regional lymph nodes in breast cancer - a meta-analysis of randomized trials
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Wound healing after radiation therapy: Review of the literature
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Survival of women with clear cell and papillary serous endometrial cancer after adjuvant radiotherapy
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Treatment and prognosis of patients with late rectal bleeding after intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer
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Long-term survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and synchronous brain metastasis treated with whole-brain radiotherapy and thoracic chemoradiation
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