Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on imaging in oncological trials

Christophe M Deroose; Frédéric E Lecouvet; Laurence Collette; Daniela E Oprea-Lager; Wolfgang G Kunz; Luc Bidaut; Joost J C Verhoeff; Caroline Caramella; Egesta Lopci; Bertrand Tombal; Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei; Laure Fournier; Marion Smits; Nandita M deSouza

doi:10.1007/s00259-020-04910-y

Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on imaging in oncological trials

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Aug;47(9):2054-2058. doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04910-y.

Authors

Christophe M Deroose^{1

2

3}, Frédéric E Lecouvet^{4

5}, Laurence Collette⁶, Daniela E Oprea-Lager^{4

7}, Wolfgang G Kunz^{4

8}, Luc Bidaut^{4

9}, Joost J C Verhoeff^{4

10}, Caroline Caramella^{4

11}, Egesta Lopci^{4

12}, Bertrand Tombal¹³, Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei^{4

14}, Laure Fournier^{4

15}, Marion Smits^{4

16}, Nandita M deSouza^{4

17}

Affiliations

¹ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Imaging Group, Brussels, Belgium. christophe.deroose@uzleuven.be.
² Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. christophe.deroose@uzleuven.be.
³ Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. christophe.deroose@uzleuven.be.
⁴ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Imaging Group, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (VU University), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁹ College of Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
¹¹ Radiology Department, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Institut d'Oncologie Thoracique, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
¹² Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
¹³ Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁴ Department of Radiology, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
¹⁶ Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁷ Cancer Research UK Imaging Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust-Sutton, Sutton, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Clinical Trials as Topic*
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidental Findings
Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Pandemics
Patient Selection
Pneumonia / complications
Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Policy

Grants and funding

16464/CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom