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. 2023 Jul 8;149(13):12081–12087. doi: 10.1007/s00432-023-05122-1

Table 3.

Radiotherapy during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021

Characteristics Group A, year 2019, pre-COVID-19a (n = 76) Group B, year 2020, COVID-19b (n = 71) Group C, year 2021, COVID-19c (n = 78) P value
Radiotherapy 0.758
Primary/definitive 49 (64.5%) 45 (63.4%) 46 (59.0%)
Adjuvant 27 (35.5%) 26 (36.6%) 32 (41.0%)
Intention of radiotherapy 0.054
Curative 66 (86.8%) 69 (97.2%) 73 (93.6%)
Palliative 10 (13.2%) 2 (2.8%) 5 (6.4%)

aYear 2019, pre-pandemic control group

bYear 2020, pandemic study group

cYear 2021, a phase of partial normalization in a persistent pandemic situation