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Radiation Therapy (RT) Considerations:
Risks and Resource Utilization
• Treatment-related risks:
– Brachytherapy carries risk of serious complications
– Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure to patients
and healthcare professionals Many RT groups
have instituted
– External beam RT mitigates some risk, but requires short-course interim
multiple hospital visits policies leaning on
• Hospital resource utilization SBRT techniques
– Anaesthesiology services
– Hospital equipment
– Hospital beds
1. Kokorovic A, et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2020 Apr 28. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.6667.
2. Sante et Services sociaux Quebec. Recommandations pour la priorisation des patients en contexte de pandémie de COVID-19 – Volet Cancers urologiques. 2020 Apr.15.
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