Meeting the challenges imposed by COVID-19: Guidance document by the ESTRO Radiation TherapisT Committee (RTTC)

Yat Tsang; Aileen Duffton; Michelle Leech; Maddalena Rossi; Philipp Scherer; ESTRO RTTC

doi:10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.05.003

Meeting the challenges imposed by COVID-19: Guidance document by the ESTRO Radiation TherapisT Committee (RTTC)

Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2020 Sep:15:6-10. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 22.

Authors

Yat Tsang¹, Aileen Duffton², Michelle Leech³, Maddalena Rossi⁴, Philipp Scherer⁵; ESTRO RTTC

Affiliations

¹ Radiotherapy Department, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
² Radiotherapy Department, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
³ Applied Radiation Therapy Trinity, Discipline of Radiation Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, Paracelsus Medical University Hospital Salzburg, Landeskrankenhaus, Salzburg, Austria.

Abstract

COVID-19 - a novel coronavirus was firstly reported in December 2019. In response to threats imposed by COVID-19, the European society for radiotherapy and oncology Radiation TherapisT Committee (ESTRO RTTC) prepared this document in conjunction with an infographic with four main domains: patient care, RTT workflow, remote working and RT practice. In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, RTTs should be empowered with appropriate guidance and personal protection equipment in order to provide a safe radiotherapy service by limiting potential viral exposure to patients, healthcare workers and general public.

Keywords: COVID-19; RTT; Radiotherapy.