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ReviewCancer medicine2020

Developing a holistic contingency plan: Challenges and dilemmas for cancer patients during the COVID-19.

Constantina Constantinou, Ourania Kolokotroni, Maria-Cecilia Mosquera, Alexandros Heraclides, Christiana Demetriou, Peter Karayiannis, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Andreas Charalambous

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Review in Cancer medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Constantina ConstantinouUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0001-6167-4023
Ourania KolokotroniUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Maria-Cecilia MosqueraUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Alexandros HeraclidesUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christiana DemetriouUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Peter KarayiannisUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Annalisa QuattrocchiUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Andreas CharalambousUniversity of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
University of Nicosia · CY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the first quarter of 2020 the world is experiencing a pandemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel beta coronavirus that is responsible for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that healthcare systems around the world were not prepared to deal with either the direct effects of the pandemic or with the indirect effects that are imposed on the health of patients with chronic disorders such as cancer patients. Some challenges and dilemmas currently faced during the pandemic include the management of cancer patients during the treatment and follow-up phases, the assessment of the safety of treatments currently used for the management of SARS-CoV-2 for use in cancer patients, the development of psychoeducation and emotional support for cancer patients and the safe conduct of clinical trials involving participation of cancer patients. Evidence from the literature supports the need for the urgent development of a holistic contingency plan which will include clear guidelines for the protection and comprehensive care of cancer patients. The implementation of such a plan is expected to have many beneficial effects by mainly minimizing the increased morbidity and mortality of cancer patients that could result as an adverse consequence of the COVID-19 or future pandemics.

Indexed as

COVID-19Holistic HealthChildClinical Trials as TopicHealth Services AccessibilityHumansNeoplasmsPerson-Centered PsychotherapySocial SupportStem Cell TransplantationStress, Psychologicalcancercontingency planCOVID-19managementprevention

Identifiers

PMID32687677
PMCPMC7405276
OpenAlexW3043268218

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