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cord-333929-oprpgcyr	Lee, Justin	Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Patient Access to Palliative Radiation Therapy	2005-01-31		.txt	text/plain	2326	130	56	Abstract This study evaluated the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic on access and utilization of palliative radiation therapy (RT) at a single institution using a retrospective chart review. 2, 3 Recent studies have demonstrated the negative impact of the SARS epidemic on access to health care services such as emergency room visits, cardiac surgery, lumpectomy/mastectomy, and chemotherapy procedures. The primary objective of the study was to identify any significant change in the number of patients seen and/or treated by the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program (RRRP) at our center. A retrospective chart review was used to evaluate all patients who attended the RRRP at the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre between January 1 and May 31, 2002, and the same time period in 2003. There was a significant decrease in the waiting times of patients seen during the SARS epidemic compared with the previous year ( Table 3 ).	./cache/cord-333929-oprpgcyr.txt	./txt/cord-333929-oprpgcyr.txt