Effect of treatment interruptions and outcomes in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care institute.
Sandip Kumar BarikArvind Kumar SinghMinakshi MishraAdhar AmrittDinesh Prasad SahuSaroj Kumar Das MajumdarDillip Kumar ParidaPublished in: Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute (2022)
COVID-19 impacted the treatment outcomes in both COVID-19-positive and COVID-19-negative cohorts of patients. There was a longer duration of treatment interruptions in the COVID-19-positive patients, leading to fewer patients completing the radiation treatment and thereby increased locoregional disease progression. There was a significant difference in the delay in treatment between the two groups.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- patients undergoing
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- tertiary care
- radiation therapy
- early stage
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- papillary thyroid
- locally advanced
- childhood cancer