Prioritizing Delivery of Cancer Treatment During a COVID-19 Lockdown: The Experience of a Clinical Oncology Service in India
Author(s) -
Indranil Mallick,
Santam Chakraborty,
Shweta Baral,
Saheli Saha,
Vishnu Lal,
Rohit Sasidharan,
Ritesh J. M. Santosham,
Samarth Chhatbar,
Subecha Bhusal,
Love Goyal,
Shaurav Maulik,
Vezokhoto Phesao,
Siddharth Arora,
Tapesh Bhattacharyya,
Anurupa Mahata,
Sriram Prasath,
B. Arun,
S. Mandal,
Moses Arunsingh,
R. Achari,
Sanjoy Chatterjee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jco global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-8941
DOI - 10.1200/go.20.00433
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , protocol (science) , service delivery framework , duration (music) , palliative care , logistic regression , systemic therapy , cancer , covid-19 , radiation therapy , service (business) , emergency medicine , oncology , nursing , alternative medicine , breast cancer , art , economy , management , literature , pathology , economics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A COVID-19 lockdown in India posed significant challenges to the continuation of radiotherapy (RT) and systemic therapy services. Although several COVID-19 service guidelines have been promulgated, implementation data are yet unavailable. We performed a comprehensive audit of the implementation of services in a clinical oncology department.
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