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Original Research

Impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic on Radiotherapy-Treated Patients with Cancer: A Single-Center Descriptive Study

Jian He1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Liping Yang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Zhenchao Tao1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Jing Yang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Yan Zhou1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Ru Wang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Yangyang Zhang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Yifan Huang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Lingran Zhou1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Bin Sun1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China
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Jin Gao1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province230031, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 37-43 | Published online: 07 Jan 2021

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