Personal View: Low-dose Lung Radiotherapy for COVID-19 Pneumonia – The Atypical Science and the Unknown Collateral Consequence

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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pneumonia2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCollateralLungCollateral damageSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Radiation therapyRadiologyPathologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)Outbreak

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Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Volume: 32
Issue: 8
Pages: 497-500
Citations: 9
Access: Closed

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                                    Hannah Tharmalingam, 
                                
                                    Patricia Díez, 
                                
                                    Y. Tsang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Personal View: Low-dose Lung Radiotherapy for COVID-19 Pneumonia – The Atypical Science and the Unknown Collateral Consequence. 
                            Clinical Oncology
                            , 32
                            (8)
                            , 497-500.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2020.06.002
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.06.002