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~~RCR: Royal College of Radiologists COVID-19 Information and resources:~~

~~SOR: The Society of Radiographers - Covid-19 Information and resources~~

~~IPEM: Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine COVID-19 Policy and Advice notices~~

~~Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK~~

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Infection control and PPE

April 20, 2020

~~SOR, PPE: Urgent update for members (published 20th April 2020~~

April 02, 2020

~~Government guidance on PPE~~

April 02, 2020

~~Society of Radiographers: Latest guidance from the SoR on Personal Protective Equipment~~

April 02, 2020

~~MPs Demand Urgent Action on PPE and Radiotherapy Capacity to prevent COVID-19 Causing Unnecessary Cancer Deaths~~

March 29, 2020

~~Society of Radiographers: PPE and the importance of workplace risk assessments~~

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Treatment Guidelines

March 30, 2020

~~RCR advice on non-urgent and cancer imaging during the Coronavirus pandemic (published 30th March)~~

March 28, 2020

~~NICE guidance: COVID-19 rapid guidelines on radiotherapy delivery~~

March 26, 2020

~~Cancer treatment documents for clinical teams managing cancer patients during the covid-19 pandemic.~~

March 20, 2020

~~NICE guidance: COVID-19 rapid guideline on the delivery of systemic anticancer treatments (chemotherapy/immunotherapy) Updated 27 March 2020~~

March 19, 2020

~~NHS England - Guidance on managing cancer referrals and wait times from during the Covid-19 pandemic (19th March)~~

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Staff Wellbeing

~~COVID-19 Radiographer Support Resources~~

~~NHS England launches mental health hotline for healthcare workers~~

~~Wellbeing, emotional and mental health support and resources amid the COVID-19 outbreak~~

~~NHS Employers – Health, Safety and Wellbeing~~

~~Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic (published 26th March)~~

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Education

~~Webinar: International perspective on Covid-19 in cancer care: 25th May~~

~~Webinar (Viewray) Italy’s response to COVID-19 and leveraging MR guided radiotherapy Weds 6th May, 16:45~~

~~Upcoming webinar 30th April 2020 Changing Radiotherapy Practice Patterns in a COVID-19 World - A VarianVision Interactive Roundtable~~

~~RSS to Host Webinar: SRS/SBRT in the Time of COVID-19 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 @ 10am ET / 7am PT~~

~~Webinar: Cancer Care during COVID-19 (held on 6th April)~~

~~COVID19 Preparedness of Radiotherapy Departments~~

~~Guidance for radiography students and the HCPC temporary register (published 6th April)~~

~~Webinar hosted by City Cancer Challenge: "Cancer care during COVID-19" April 6th at 11am UK time~~

~~Health Education England and e-Learning for Healthcare release a online education module on covid19. Freely available, no registration or log in required.~~

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Patient Support

~~RCR: Coronavirus protection information for cancer patients~~

~~Radiotherapy & Coronavirus Patient FAQs (Published 21st April 2020)~~

~~A video message to those affected by cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic produced by Cancer Council, Australia~~

~~Breast Cancer Now: Advice on Coronavirus for people with cancer~~

~~Cancer Research UK: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and cancer~~

~~MacMillan: Cancer and Coronavirus (COVID-19)~~

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Articles and Editorials

May 18, 2020

~~Addressing the needs of cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic (published 25th April)~~

May 06, 2020

~~Cancer Management in India during Covid-19 (published 28 April 2020)~~

May 05, 2020

~~COVID-19 Outbreak and Cancer Radiotherapy Disruption in Lombardy, Northern Italy~~

May 05, 2020

~~USA radiation oncology perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing Patient Care, Transmission Mitigation and Resident Training~~

April 28, 2020

~~3. Cancer and COVID-19 — potentially deleterious effects of delaying radiotherapy~~

April 28, 2020

~~Institute of Cancer Research: Analysis of the impact on lives lost and life years lost from COVID-19-related delays to cancer surgery.~~

April 22, 2020

~~Cancer Research UK - How coronavirus is impacting cancer services in the UK (Published April 21st 2020)~~

April 20, 2020

~~Radiation therapy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic in Italy: a view of the nation's young oncologists (published 15th April 2020)~~

April 20, 2020

~~Recommendations on the use of radiation therapy in managing patients with gastrointestinal malignancies in the era of COVID-19 (published 13th April)~~

April 20, 2020

~~The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on head and neck cancer patients’ care (published 24th March 2020)~~

April 20, 2020

~~Practice recommendations for risk-adapted head and neck cancer radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ASTRO-ESTRO consensus statement (published 14th April 2020)~~

April 15, 2020

~~Prevention and control measures to avoid cross infection during radiotherapy in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Wuhan, China (Published 14th April)~~

April 13, 2020

~~Early appearance of COVID-19 associated pulmonary infiltrates during daily radiotherapy imaging for lung cancer. (6th April)~~

April 08, 2020

~~Navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak: perspectives from the radiation oncology service in singapore (published 31st March)~~

April 07, 2020

~~Treating bowel cancer during the covid-19 epidemic (6th April)~~

April 01, 2020

~~Cancer, COVID-19 and the precautionary principle: prioritizing treatment during a global pandemic~~

March 31, 2020

~~Editorial: International Guidelines on Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic~~

March 31, 2020

~~Editorial: COVID-19: global consequences for oncology~~

March 31, 2020

~~Pre-print article: What We Know So Far (As of March 26, 2020) About COVID-19 – An MRT Point of View~~

March 26, 2020

~~Prostate cancer radiotherapy recommendations in response to COVID-19 including a framework to evaluate prostate radiotherapy management decisions - USA and UK collaborative paper~~

March 24, 2020

~~Action Radiotherapy guest blog by therapeutic radiographer Jo Strickland - A Radiographer’s Plea~~

March 23, 2020

~~ASTRO - Draft paper on experiences of delivering radiotherapy in Wuhan during covid-19 pandemic (17th March)~~

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