• Filippo Pesapane, Silvia Penco, Anna Rotili, Luca Nicosia, Anna Bozzini, Chiara Trentin, Valeria Dominelli, Francesca Priolo, Mariagiorgia Farina, Irene Marinucci, Stefano Meroni, Francesca Abbate, Lorenza Meneghetti, Antuono Latronico, Maria Pizzamiglio, and Enrico Cassano.
• Breast Imaging Division, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
• Br J Radiol. 2020 Oct 1; 93 (1114): 20200679.

AbstractItaly has one of the highest COVID-19 clinical burdens in the world and Lombardy region accounts for more than half of the deaths of the country. Since COVID-19 is a novel disease, early impactful decisions are often based on experience of referral centres.We report the re-organisation which our institute (IEO, European Institute of Oncology), a cancer referral centre in Lombardy, went through to make our breast-imaging division pandemic-proof. Using personal-protective-equipment and innovative protocols, we provided essential breast-imaging procedures during COVID-19 pandemic without compromising cancer outcomes.The emergency management and infection-control-measures implemented in our division protected both the patients and the staff, making this experience useful for other radiology departments dealing with the pandemic.

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