Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Treatment

Authors

Callum Yau University of Sheffield Medical School Author
Isaac George Wallbridge Co-author Author
Abhishek Shankar Author
Deepak Saini Co-author Author
Sachidanand Jee Bharati Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2020.5.S1.247-249

Keywords:

Cancer – COVID-19 – Coronavirus – Cancer management

Abstract

The emergence of COVID-19 has now spread across 216 countries and territories worldwide. It has had detrimental effects on the delivery of cancer care and many therapeutic treatments have been paused as a result. Therefore, oncology communities have made two main adaptations so that patients can continue to receive their therapy. The first is to reduce the number of hospital visits and hospitalizations and the second is to prevent anticancer treatment induced complications of COVID-19. Oncologists must consider the published advice available in the absence of international guidelines and as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, approaches to treatment must adjust in order to be safely delivered.