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cord-298034-0ntxm28a	Tepper, Joel E.	Ethical Issues in Radiation Oncology During a Pandemic	2020-05-22		.txt	text/plain	1416	75	53	Medicine in the United States has generally followed ethical principles espoused by Immanuel Kant where the individual patient takes priority in decision-making. With the advent of coronavirus disease 2019 as a major health event, radiation oncologists in some situations need to alter the manner in which they act with individual patients. The longstanding general ethical principles followed in the United States are based largely on concepts elucidated by Immanuel Kant and emphasize individual autonomy. Our US radiation oncology community fortunately rarely faces such emergency situations, but the present COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to address serious ethical issues. We need to consider not just the impact of radiation therapy on that patient, but also the impact on other patients, health care workers, and society at large. Much cancer treatment is multi-modality, combining radiation therapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and/or immunotherapy, but it may be appropriate to alter standard sequencing in some situations.	./cache/cord-298034-0ntxm28a.txt	./txt/cord-298034-0ntxm28a.txt