苏格兰放射治疗活动的审查,COVID后2年
L Grocutt1, T Rowe2, D Caldwell3
1CRUK RadNet Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Department of Radiotherapy Physics, the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|June 21, 2025
概括
苏格兰的放射治疗服务在COVID-19大流行后的两年里活动大幅增加. 这种恢复,特别是在乳腺癌,宫癌,直肠癌和前列腺癌中,表明疫情后的癌症治疗恢复到正常水平.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 辐射疗法 辐射疗法
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们担心它对癌症治疗的负面影响.
- 了解放射治疗服务的流行后恢复对于评估癌症治疗的整体效果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行对苏格兰放射治疗服务的影响.
- 量化放射治疗活动在最初的流行病时期之后的几年中的变化.
主要方法:
- 辐射疗法活动的定量数据是在流行病后两年 (01/04/2021-31/03/2023) 收集的.
- 活动指标包括总/平均每周疗程,剂量,分量和治疗意图,与大流行前和大流行初期 (01/04/2019-31/03/2021) 进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 总的放射治疗疗程在两年后的流行病增加了32-35%,与第一个流行病年相比.
- 平均每周放射治疗疗程显著增加,激进疗法显著增加 (+8.1%),缓和疗法减少 (-9%).
- 在疫情期间,放射治疗的使用率在女性中减少得更大,但在后疫情期间出现了大幅度的恢复 (增加65-69%),与男性 (9-15%) 的较小增加形成鲜明对比.
结论:
- 苏格兰的放射治疗活动在COVID-19大流行后的两年里显著增加.
- 在乳腺癌,宫癌,直肠癌和前列腺癌治疗中观察到最大的恢复.
- 这一增长很可能是由于在疫情期间暂停的诊断测试,手术和癌症查恢复.
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