Radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumopathy

The COVID-19 pandemic has a dramatic impact on global healthcare. In lack of effective SARS-CoV-2 directed therapeutics, several treatment approaches are currently being re-purposed. In this regard, Kirkby and Mackenzie drew the radiotherapy community ’s attention to the historical use of low-dose lung radiotherapy for bacterial and viral pneumonia in the pre-penicillin-era [1].

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - May 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Klaus R üdiger Trott, Sebastian Zschaeck, Marcus Beck Tags: COVID-19 Rapid Letter Source Type: research