ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020
Seven Shades of Black Thoughts: COVID-19 and Its Psychological Consequences on Cancer Patients.
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the health care utilization of cancer patients.BMC cancer · 2023Trial
- Psychological and physical distress in patients with advanced cancer after the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cancer health disparities in minority communities: peer support networks can bridge the gap.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Cancer patients attending treatment during COVID-19: intolerance of uncertainty and psychological distress.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- Friendship during patients' stable and unstable phases of incurable cancer: a qualitative interview study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care delivery and quality of life in lung cancer surgery.Journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Psychological health status among thyroid cancer patients during the COVID-19 epidemic in China.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- [Immunotherapy adaptation in lung cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic].Revue des maladies respiratoires · 2021Article
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- Psychosocial Impact of Cancer Care Disruptions in Women With Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Review on the Oncology Practice in the Midst of COVID-19 Crisis: The Challenges and Solutions.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2021Review
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Abstract
An outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that started in China at the end of 2019 has rapidly spread all over the world. COVID-19 is plaguing people not only physically but also psychologically, and cancer patients are particularly exposed to this emotional threat. Herein, we describe the psychological threats posed by COVID-19 to cancer patients. Our analysis is based on the concerns of our patients during our daily clinical interactions in both outpatient and inpatient settings. We have summarized the patients' psychological issues: logistic overload, loneliness, fear, oxymoronic thoughts, helplessness, frustration, and emotional siege. We describe these psychological threats, provide clinical context for them, and offer practical suggestions for managing them, for the benefit of patients, their caregivers, and clinicians. Our hope is that, by sharing our clinical experience, we can help other oncologists increase their awareness of the psychological impact of the pandemic on cancer patients and implement solutions. Managing these challenges now should translate into improved standards of care when this infective storm is over. Paradoxically, COVID-19 could be an opportunity to learn how to better manage cancer care.
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