Perspective: Cancer Patient Management Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
cancer, Pandemic, chemotherapy, coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2)
On March 11, 2020, the WHO has declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic. As the last few months have profoundly changed the delivery of health care in the world, we should recognize the effort of numerous comprehensive cancer centers to share experiences and knowledge to develop best practices to care for oncological patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients as well as physicians must be aware of all these constraints and profound social, personal, and medical challenges posed by the tackling of this deadly disease in everyday life in order to adjust to such a completely novel scenario. This review will discuss facing the challenges and the current approaches that cancer centers in Italy and United States are adopting in order to cope with clinical and research activities.
George A. Calin, Carlo Buonerba, Carlo Buonerba, Daniela Terracciano, Luca Scafuri, Luca Scafuri, Piergiuseppe De Berardinis, Alessandra Ferrajoli, Muller Fabbri, Amelia Cimmino
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens