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The clinical efficacy of low-dose whole-lung irradiation in moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: RTMX-20 trial

C. S. Ortiz, D. Hernández, César Trujillo, D. Calderón, Placido Esqueda, Flavio Calva, Arcadio Betancourt, Miriam Ramírez et al.

Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2021

58 participants · 10 citations

Abstract

This is a paired prospective comparative cohort study with 58 patients, in order to analyze the clinical LD-WLI in patients with moderate or severe COVID19 pneumonia. The results of this study show that the Radiotherapy could be an option to improve the clinical response for patients with COVID-19.

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Evidence Hub reads this as a cohort study, done in people. Its evidence level is 3 of 5 (Moderate · trial / cohort / secondary analysis). Trials without a large randomized design, cohorts and secondary analyses give moderate evidence. Reported size: 58 participants or records.

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