1. Fighting cancer in coronavirus disease era: organization of work in medical oncology departments in Emilia Romagna region of Italy
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Luigi Cavanna, Enrico Franceschi, Giovanni Luca Frassineti, Antonio Frassoldati, Federico Cappuzzo, Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Di Nunno, Davide Tassinari, Fabrizio Artioli, Francesco Leonardi, Andrea Ardizzoni, Antonio Maestri, Carmine Pinto, Alba A. Brandes, Brandes A.A., Ardizzoni A., Artioli F., Cappuzzo F., Cavanna L., Frassineti G.L., Frassoldati A., Leonardi F., Longo G., Maestri A., Tassinari D., Franceschi E., Nunno V.D., and Pinto C.
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Oncology ,Cancer Research ,Nurses ,Social Workers ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,patients ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neoplasms ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Health care ,030212 general & internal medicine ,oncological centresoncological patient ,risk reduction ,Coronavirus ,High rate ,Social Worker ,General Medicine ,cancer, coronavirus disease, COVID-19, Emilia Romagna, healthcare workers, medical oncology departments, patients, risk reduction, survey ,humanities ,Emilia Romagna ,Work (electrical) ,coronavirus disease ,Italy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,oncological centresoncological patients ,Coronavirus Infections ,Human ,Research Article ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,NO ,03 medical and health sciences ,Betacoronavirus ,healthcare worker ,Internal medicine ,Physicians ,medicine ,cancer ,Humans ,survey ,Pandemics ,Infection Control ,Betacoronaviru ,Pandemic ,business.industry ,Coronavirus Infection ,Nurse ,healthcare workers ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Cancer ,COVID-19 ,medicine.disease ,Clinical trial ,medical oncology department ,Physician ,Neoplasm ,business ,medical oncology departments - Abstract
Aim: To assess the measures applied to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the timing of their application in medical oncology departments. Materials & methods: We surveyed all medical oncology departments from the Italian Emilia Romagna region via a multidomain questionnaire. The questions covered items on patients, healthcare workers, risk reduction measure and clinical trials. Results: A total of 12 centers involving 861 healthcare members joined the survey. The measures applied to patients and health workers partially converged in all the departments while major divergences were found in the clinical trials domain. High rate of COVID-19 infection occurred among medical doctors (21/208, 10.1%) and social care workers (13/110, 11.8%). Rate of infection among nurses was 5.7% (24/418). Conclusion: All measures able to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection must be applied in medical oncology departments. Early introduction of risk reduction measures may be a critical issue.
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- 2020