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Research finds decrease in radiotherapy treatments due to COVID-19
27th January 2021
New research has revealed ‘dramatic changes’ in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments for cancer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
The study – led by the University of Leeds with Public Health England and the Royal College of Radiologists – is the first to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on radiotherapy services in England.
Researchers discovered that the use of much shorter radiotherapy courses increased – in particular for breast cancer patients.
The use of a shorter treatment course went from 0.2% of all breast cancer radiotherapy courses in April 2019, up to 60.0% of all courses in April 2020.
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