COVID-19 Outbreak and Cancer Radiotherapy Disruption in Lombardy, Northern Italy

B A Jereczek-Fossa; M F Palazzi; C P Soatti; L F Cazzaniga; G B Ivaldi; M Pepa; M Amadori; P Antognoni; S Arcangeli; A Buffoli; G Beltramo; S Berlinghieri; M Bignardi; S Bracelli; L Bruschieri; S Castiglioni; G Catalano; N Di Muzio; C Fallai; L Fariselli; A R Filippi; A Gramaglia; C Italia; F Lombardi; S M Magrini; S Nava; E Orlandi; N Pasinetti; E L Sbicego; L Scandolaro; M Scorsetti; F Stiglich; S Tonoli; R Tortini; R Valdagni; V Vavassori; G Marvaso; CODRAL (Board of Directors of Radiation Oncology Departments in Lombardy) network

doi:10.1016/j.clon.2020.04.007

COVID-19 Outbreak and Cancer Radiotherapy Disruption in Lombardy, Northern Italy

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2020 Jul;32(7):e160-e161. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Authors

B A Jereczek-Fossa¹, M F Palazzi², C P Soatti³, L F Cazzaniga⁴, G B Ivaldi⁵, M Pepa⁶, M Amadori⁷, P Antognoni⁸, S Arcangeli⁹, A Buffoli¹⁰, G Beltramo¹¹, S Berlinghieri¹², M Bignardi¹³, S Bracelli¹⁴, L Bruschieri¹⁵, S Castiglioni¹⁶, G Catalano¹⁷, N Di Muzio¹⁸, C Fallai¹⁹, L Fariselli²⁰, A R Filippi²¹, A Gramaglia²², C Italia²³, F Lombardi²⁴, S M Magrini²⁵, S Nava²⁶, E Orlandi²⁷, N Pasinetti²⁸, E L Sbicego²⁹, L Scandolaro³⁰, M Scorsetti³¹, F Stiglich³², S Tonoli³³, R Tortini³⁴, R Valdagni³⁵, V Vavassori³⁶, G Marvaso¹; CODRAL (Board of Directors of Radiation Oncology Departments in Lombardy) network

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiation Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milano, Italy.
² Radiotherapy Unit, ASST Ospedale Niguarda, Milano, Italy.
³ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale Manzoni, Lecco, Italy.
⁴ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁵ Radiation Oncology Center, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Radiation Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano, Italy.
⁷ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale C. Poma, Mantova, Italy.
⁸ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Policlinico S. Gerardo and University of Milan "Bicocca", Milano, Italy.
¹⁰ Radiation Oncology Center, Istituto Clinico S. Anna, Brescia, Italy.
¹¹ Radiation Oncology Center, Centro Diagnostico Italiano (CDI), Milano, Italy.
¹² Unit of Radiotherapy, Ospedale di Esine - ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Esine, Italy.
¹³ Radiation Oncology Center, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy.
¹⁴ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale, Busto Arsizio, Italy.
¹⁵ Division of Radiation Oncology, Ospedale di Treviglio, Caravaggio di Treviglio, Italy.
¹⁶ Radiation Oncology Center, S. Pio X-Humanitas, Milano, Italy.
¹⁷ Radiation Oncology Center, IRCCS Ospedale Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni/Castellanza, Italy.
¹⁸ Radiation Oncology Center, IRCCS Ospedale S. Raffaele and University Vita Salute, Milano, Italy.
¹⁹ Division of Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
²⁰ Radiotherapy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
²¹ Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
²² Radiation Oncology Center, Policlinico, Monza, Italy.
²³ Radiation Oncology Center, Istituti Ospedalieri Bergamaschi, Ponte S. Pietro-Zingonia, Italy.
²⁴ Radiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
²⁵ Radiation Oncology Center, Brescia University Radiation Oncology Department, O. Alberti Radium Institute, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
²⁶ Radiation Oncology Center, Istituti Clinici di Pavia e Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy.
²⁷ Radiation Oncology Center, National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy, CNAO, Pavia, Italy.
²⁸ Radiation Oncology Department, Esine and University of Brescia, Esine, Italy.
²⁹ Radiation Oncology Center, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy.
³⁰ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale Sant'Anna, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy.
³¹ Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy.
³² Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale, Sondrio, Italy.
³³ Radiation Oncology Center, Ospedale, Cremona, Italy.
³⁴ Ospedale di Casalpusterlengo, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Casalpusterlengo, Italy.
³⁵ Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milano, Italy; Division of Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
³⁶ Unit of Radiotherapy, Cliniche Gavezzeni SPA, Bergamo, Italy.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Humans
Infection Control / standards*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Italy / epidemiology
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Neoplasms / virology
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
SARS-CoV-2