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Mining the past to treat the present, ever mindful of the future: Low‐dose radiotherapy and COVID‐19 pneumonia
Author(s) -
Skinner Heath D.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.33201
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pneumonia , radiation therapy , interim , interim analysis , coronavirus , clinical trial , betacoronavirus , intensive care medicine , coronavirus infections , disease , medical physics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , archaeology , history
This editorial discusses an interim analysis of the clinical trial by Hess et al. The trial examines the use of low‐dose radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia.