Management of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic:A comprehensive review
作者机构:Department of Urology and AndrologyHopital General de Grand YoffDakar 3270Senegal Department of Public HealthCuttington UniversityGraduate School and Professional StudiesMonrovia 10010Liberia Unit of Surgical OncologyDepartment of General SurgeryYalgado Ouedraogo Teaching HospitalOuagadougou 160Burkina Faso
出 版 物:《Artificial Intelligence in Cancer》 (癌症中的人工智能(英文))
年 卷 期:2020年第1卷第1期
页 面:8-18页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Cancer Chemotherapy COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Transmission Radiotherapy
摘 要:The novel 2019 corona virus disease also called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has caused a global pandemic and more than 2.5 million people have been affected globally with over 100000 *** disease has caused an escalation in hospitalization with growing need for hospital beds and intensive care unit for severe *** evidence has shown that a significant proportion of cancer patients affected by the corona virus present with severe respiratory pneumonia-like illness with need for subsequent intensive care unit ventilation and higher mortality *** susceptibility may be due to the immunosuppressive state of patients with malignancy confounded by chemotherapy,immunotherapy and targeted *** solid tumors(lung cancer,pancreatic cancer)as well as hematological malignancies(leukemias)may require prompt diagnosis and treatment based on the disease aggression and *** centers lack clear guideline on the management of cancer during the *** objective of this review is to synthesize the available literature and provide recommendations on the management of various soft tissue and hematological *** review will also assess the management guidelines for hospitalized cancer patients;cancer patients in the outpatient setting as well as available modalities for follow-up.