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Community-Led Action Research in Oncology: Pandemic-Appropriate Radiotherapy Innovations Evaluated (CLARO PARTE) for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries

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Riano, I, Alas-Pineda, C, Reyes, Garcia, S, Murillo, R, Gutiérrez-Delgado, F, Cazap, E, Pais, Viegas, CM, Torre, MDL, Barahona, KC, Sarria, GJ, Del, Castillo, Bahi, R, Luongo-Céspedes, Á, Ovalles, B, Umaña, Herrera, FV, Sánchez, R, Mcvorran, S, Williams, B, Kascmar, J, Kennedy, LS, Lyons, KD, Bejarano, S, Wong, SL

Publicado 2024

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PURPOSE This study aimed to identify, evaluate, and rank suitable safety innovations developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) radiation oncology centers.METHODSWe conducted a multimodal participatory engagement collaboration with the Latin-American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology. The study consisted of four phases. Innovations were collected from a panel of radiotherapy experts representing a diverse group of 11 countries from LAC (Phase I). Next, a medical scientific team compared the innovations against international standards regarding their potential impact on risk of infection, clinical operation, and continuity of quality cancer care (Phase II). Their findings were supplied to the country representatives who rated the innovations for acceptability in their cancer centers (Phase III), resulting in a final report of the panel's reco...