TY - JOUR T1 - Palliative stereotactic radiotherapy for metastases during COVID-19: relief when cure is implausible JF - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care JO - BMJ Support Palliat Care DO - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002758 SP - bmjspcare-2020-002758 AU - Kundan Singh Chufal AU - Irfan Ahmad AU - Rahul Lal Chowdhary Y1 - 2021/01/18 UR - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/18/bmjspcare-2020-002758.abstract N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has reoriented radiation oncology towards shorter fractionation schedules. Palliative radiotherapy schedules were already brief, but now there has been a dramatic shift towards single fractions.1 2 The fear of SARS-CoV-2 deterred patients’ from seeking oncological care at the onset of the pandemic, which has now unfortunately led to more complications presenting to the clinic.Patient A: A young lady diagnosed with metastatic non-small-cell carcinoma (ROS-1 mutant) and stable on crizotinib for the preceding 2 years, noticed swelling and redness in her left eye (figure 1A–C). She received symptomatic medications from her general physician during the period of lockdown . Her symptoms worsened to the extent that she was unable to open her left eye, could not perceive light and had pain unresponsive to medications. Investigations … ER -