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COVID-19 and Cancer Care: A Review and Practical Guide to Caring for Cancer Patients in the Era of COVID-19.
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Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) [Curr Oncol] 2024 Sep 10; Vol. 31 (9), pp. 5330-5343. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 10. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- COVID-19, a novel infectious disease caused by the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2020, has had a profound impact on healthcare, both at the individual and population level. The impact at the population level was felt most acutely during the emergency phase of the pandemic, with hospital capacity issues leading to widespread disruptions and delays in the delivery of healthcare services such as screening programs and elective surgeries. While hospitals are no longer being acutely overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, the impact of the virus on vulnerable patient populations such as cancer patients continues to be of ongoing consequence. Cancer patients remain at high risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death due to COVID-19, even in the era of vaccination. Infection prevention and risk mitigation strategies such air quality control, masking, testing, vaccination, and treatment should therefore be integrated into the usual care and counseling of cancer patients moving forward to avoid preventable morbidity and mortality from this infection and ensure the safety of this vulnerable cohort as they navigate their cancer diagnosis and treatment in the era of COVID-19.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Pandemics
COVID-19 epidemiology
Neoplasms therapy
SARS-CoV-2
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1718-7729
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39330021
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31090393