ReviewWorld journal of surgical oncology2020
Caring for cancer patients in the Covid pandemic: choosing between the devil and deep sea.
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- Radiotherapy based management during Covid-19 pandemic - A systematic review of presented consensus and guidelines.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2021Pooled it
- Supportive care needs of the family caregivers of urostomy patients: a qualitative study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cancer surgery during COVID increased the patient mortality and the transmission risk to healthcare workers: results from a retrospective cohort study (NCT05240378).World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on subcutaneous venous port-related complications in patients with cancer: a retrospective case-control study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2021Review
- Quality of Life of People with Cancer in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Systematic Review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Review
- Challenges for Healthcare Workers Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Indonesia: A Qualitative Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare is an essential service at any time more so in the crisis like Covid. With increase in number of cases and mortality from Covid, the primary focus is shifted to the management of the Covid crisis and other health emergencies thus affecting normal health services and routine treatment of other diseases like cancer.
methodsThis article reviews the published literature and guidelines on Covid and cancer and discusses them to optimize the care of cancer patients during Covid pandemic to improve treatment outcomes.
resultsThe results of the review of published literature show a twofold increase in probability of getting CoV2 infection by the cancer patients and a four-fold increase in chance of death. On the other hand, if left untreated a 20% increase in cancer death is expected. Data further show that none of the medicines like remdesivir, hydroxy chloroquin, dexamethasone, or azithromycin improves survival and response to Covid in cancer patients. Surgical results too show similar outcome before and after the pandemic though most of these report on highly selected patients populations.
conclusionsThe Covid 2019 pandemic places cancer patients in a very difficult situation wherein if they seek treatment, they are exposing themselves to a risk of developing CoV2 infection and if they do not, the probability of dying without treatment increases. Hence, for them it is a choice between the devil and deep sea, and it is for the healthcare providers to triage patients and treat who cannot wait even though the data from the carefully selected cohort of patients show no increase in mortality or morbidity from treatment during Covid.
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