Defining Radiation Treatment Interruption Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From an Academic Center in an Underserved Urban Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Our purpose was to characterize radiation treatment interruption (RTI) rates and their potential association with sociodemographic variables in an urban population before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods and materials

Electronic health records were retrospectively reviewed for patients treated between January 1, 2015, and February 28, 2021. Major and minor RTI were defined as ≥5 and 2 to 4 unplanned cancellations, respectively. RTI was compared across demographic and clinical factors and whether treatment started before or after COVID-19 onset (March 15, 2020) using multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Results

Of 2240 study cohort patients, 1938 started treatment before COVID-19 and 302 started after. Patient census fell 36% over the year after

SUBMITTER: Gaudio E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584778 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature