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ArticleNeuro-oncology2020

Urgent Considerations for the Neuro-oncologic Treatment of Patients with Gliomas During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nimish A Mohile, Jaishri O Blakeley, Na Tosha N Gatson, Andreas F Hottinger, Andrew B Lassman, Douglas E Ney, Adriana Olar, David Schiff, Helen A Shih, Roy Strowd and 2 more

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 12 institutions in 3 countries.

Nimish A MohileDepartment of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center.
Jaishri O BlakeleyDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University.
Na Tosha N GatsonGeisinger Health, Neuroscience and Cancer Institutes, and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.
Andreas F HottingerCHUV Lausanne University Hospital & University of Lausanne, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences & Oncology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Andrew B LassmanDepartment of Neurology & Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Douglas E NeyDepartments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Aurora, CO.
Adriana OlarDepartments of Pathology and Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, SC.
David SchiffUniversity of Virginia, Departments of Neurology, Neurological Surgery.
Helen A ShihDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Roy StrowdWake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology.
Martin J van den BentBrain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Mateo ZiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Erasmus MC Cancer Institute · NLGeisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMedical University of South Carolina · USNeurological Surgery · USPresbyterian Hospital · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak is posing unprecedented risks and challenges for all communities and healthcare systems, worldwide. There are unique considerations for many adult patients with gliomas who are vulnerable to the novel coronavirus due to older age and immunosuppression. As patients with terminal illnesses, they present ethical challenges for centers that may need to ration access to ventilator care due to insufficient critical care capacity. It is urgent for the neuro-oncology community to develop a pro-active and coordinated approach to the care of adults with gliomas in order to provide them with the best possible oncologic care while also reducing their risk of viral infection during times of potential healthcare system failure. In this article, we present an approach developed by an international multi-disciplinary group to optimize the care of adults with gliomas during this pandemic. We recommend measures to promote strict social distancing and minimize exposures for patients, address risk and benefit of all therapeutic interventions, pro-actively develop end of life plans, educate patients and caregivers and ensure the health of the multi-disciplinary neuro-oncology workforce. This pandemic is already changing neuro-oncologic care delivery around the globe. It is important to highlight opportunities to maximize the benefit and minimize the risk of glioma management during this pandemic and potentially, in the future.

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Adult gliomaCOVID-19Pandemic

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PMID32277236
PMCPMC7184330
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