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. 2020 Jul 3;14:1067. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2020.1067

Table 1. Details of the participants and general measures adopted during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Question Answer N (%)
(Total n = 148)
Not answered
General section
Practice setting Academic institute: Government 36 (24.3)
Academic institute: Private 76 (51.4)
Non academic: Private 34 (23.0)
Non academic: government hospital 2 (1.4)
Specialty Gynaecologic Oncologist 74 (50.0)
Surgical Oncologist 26 (17.6)
Medical Oncologist 21 (14.2)
Radiation Oncologist 12 (8.1)
Gynaecologist 15(10.1)
Gynaecological cancer patients seen per month (before the onset of COVID-19) <50 84 (56.8)
51–100 30 (20.3)
101–250 14 (9.5)
>250 20 (13.5)
Gynaecological cancer surgeries per month (before the onset of COVID-19) <10 41 (27.7) 28 (18.9)
11–20 38 (25.7)
21–30 18 (12.2)
>30 23 (15.5)
States with high volume of confirmed COVID–19 cases >3,500 75 (50.7)
≤3,500 73 (49.3)
Decrease in practice after COVID 19 Pandemic No 6 (4.1)
Yes 142 (95.9)
Decreased practice in percentage No surgery 3 (2.0) 1 (0.7)
<10% of usual volume 39 (26.4)
About 1/4th of usual volume 58 (39.2)
About 1/2 of usual volume 30 (20.3)
About 3/4th of usual volume 14 (9.5)
No change 3 (2.0)
MDTB in COVID 19 pandemic Not conducted 72 (48.6)
Conducted 76 (51.4)
Mode of MDTB if Yes Virtual tumour board 54 (36.5) 60 (40.5)
Tumour board with <5 participants 23 (15.5)
Tumour board with 6–10 participants 9 (6.1)
As before 2 (1.4)
RT PCR before cancer treatment Yes 60 (40.5)
Only selected high risk patients as per Institutional policy 64 (43.2)
COVID 19 testing not mandatory 24 (16.2)
Additional precautions in view of COVID 19 pandemic No 13 (8.8)
Yes 135 (91.2)
Various additional precaution No precaution 1 (0.7) 25 (16.9)
N95 mask and visor 65 (44)
Full PPE 51 (34.4)
Full PPE and reduce personnel in OT 6 (4)
Smoke evacuator during surgery No 80 (54) 5 (3.4)
Yes 63 (42.6)