Back to (new) normality—A CODRAL/AIRO-L survey on cancer radiotherapy in Lombardy during Italian COVID-19 phase 2
Autor: | Stefano Bracelli, Giulia Marvaso, Matteo Pepa, Mauro Palazzi, Mario Bignardi, Marta Scorsetti, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Fabrizio Lombardi, Lorenza Bruschieri, S. Tonoli, Roberto Tortini, Nadia Di Muzio, Stefano Maria Magrini, L.F. Cazzaniga, C. Italia, Laura Fariselli, Luciano Scandolaro, Johannes Lars Isaksson, Nadia Pasinetti, Riccardo Valdagni, Francesco Stiglich, Carlo Pietro Soatti, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Simonetta Nava, Elena Lara Sbicego, Stefano Arcangeli, Gianpiero Catalano, Carlo Fallai, Vittorio Vavassori, Alberto Buffoli, Paolo Antognoni, Ester Orlandi, M. Amadori, S. Castiglioni, Alberto Gramaglia, Giovanni Ivaldi, Giancarlo Beltramo |
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Přispěvatelé: | Jereczek-Fossa, B. A., Pepa, M., Marvaso, G., Isaksson, J. L., Soatti, C. P., Cazzaniga, L. F., Ivaldi, G. B., Amadori, M., Antognoni, P., Arcangeli, S., Buffoli, A., Beltramo, G., Bignardi, M., Bracelli, S., Bruschieri, L., Castiglioni, S., Catalano, G., Di Muzio, N., Fallai, C., Fariselli, L., Filippi, A. R., Gramaglia, A., Italia, C., Lombardi, F., Magrini, S. M., Nava, S., Orlandi, E., Pasinetti, N., Sbicego, E. L., Scandolaro, L., Scorsetti, M., Stiglich, F., Tortini, R., Valdagni, R., Vavassori, V., Tonoli, S., Palazzi, M. F., Jereczek-Fossa, B, Pepa, M, Marvaso, G, Isaksson, J, Soatti, C, Cazzaniga, L, Ivaldi, G, Amadori, M, Antognoni, P, Arcangeli, S, Buffoli, A, Beltramo, G, Bignardi, M, Bracelli, S, Bruschieri, L, Castiglioni, S, Catalano, G, Di Muzio, N, Fallai, C, Fariselli, L, Filippi, A, Gramaglia, A, Italia, C, Lombardi, F, Magrini, S, Nava, S, Orlandi, E, Pasinetti, N, Sbicego, E, Scandolaro, L, Scorsetti, M, Stiglich, F, Tortini, R, Valdagni, R, Vavassori, V, Tonoli, S, Palazzi, M |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel Pneumonia Viral Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine Ambulatory care Neoplasms Oncology Service Hospital Surveys and Questionnaires Pandemic Humans Medicine Infection control Northern Italy Survey Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment Personal protective equipment Radiation oncologist Original Paper SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Outbreak Workload Hematology General Medicine Italy Oncology Cancer radiotherapy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Lombardy Coronavirus Infections business |
Zdroj: | Medical Oncology (Northwood, London, England) Medical Oncology |
ISSN: | 1559-131X 1357-0560 |
Popis: | Background Italy experienced one of the world’s severest COVID-19 outbreak, with Lombardy being the most afflicted region. However, the imposed safety measures allowed to flatten the epidemic curve and hence to ease the restrictions and inaugurate, on the 4th of May 2020, the Italian phase (P) 2 of the pandemic. The present survey study, endorsed by CODRAL and AIRO-L, aimed to assess how radiotherapy (RT) departments in Lombardy have dealt with the recovery. Materials and methods A questionnaire dealing with the management of pandemic was developed online and sent to all CODRAL Directors on the 10th of June 2020. Answers were collected in full anonymity one week after. Results All the 33 contacted RT facilities (100%) responded to the survey. Despite the scale of the pandemic, during P1 14 (42.4%) centres managed to safely continue the activity (≤ 10% reduction). During P2, 10 (30.3%) centres fully recovered and 14 (42.4%) reported an increase. Nonetheless, 6 (18.2%) declared no changes and, interestingly, 3 (9.1%) reduced activities. Overall, 21 centres (63.6%) reported suspected or positive cases within healthcare workforce since the beginning of the pandemic. Staff units were quarantined in 19 (57.6%) and 6 (18.2%) centres throughout P1 and P2, respectively. In the two phases, about two thirds centres registered positive or suspected cases amongst patients. Conclusion The study revealed a particular attention to anti-contagion measures and a return to normal or even higher clinical workload in most RT centres in Lombardy, necessary to carry out current and previously deferred treatments. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s12032-020-01434-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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