Mendonça e Silva, Diego Rodrigues Fernandes, Gisele Aparecida França e Silva, Ivan Leonardo Avelino Curado, Maria Paula
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Seminars in Oncology
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted cancer care and the diagnosis of new cases of cancer. We analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with cancer by comparing the number of newly diagnosed cases, cancer stage, and time to treatment in 2020 with those in 2018, 2019, and 2021. A retrospective cohort of all ca...
Roberts, Natasha A. Ahern, Elizabeth Pelecanos, Anita Gasper, Harry Chan, Bryan Lwin, Zarnie
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Seminars in Oncology
Introduction The declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in necessary and rapid changes to health service delivery. In the Australian context, it has been broadly identified that these impacts have been felt by health care workers (HCW) providing care. We aimed to capture oncology HCW perceptions of support, stress, personal ability to me...
Muls, A Georgopoulou, S Hainsworth, E Hartley, B O'Gara, G Stapleton, S Cruickshank, S
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Seminars in oncology
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020. Global social lockdowns were instigated to reduce spread and prevent health-services from becoming overwhelmed. People having treatment for cancer are known to have heightened psychological/emotional burden. The combined impact of managing pandemic regulations al...
Leuva, Harshraj Zhou, Mengxi Brau, Norbert Brown, Sheldon T Mundi, Prabhjot Rosenberg, Ta-Chueh Melody Luhrs, Carol Bates, Susan E Park, Yeun-Hee Anna Fojo, Tito
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Seminars in oncology
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a constant health threat since its emergence. Amongst risk factors proposed, a diagnosis of cancer has been worrisome. We report the impact of cancer and other risk factors in US Veterans receiving care at Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals, their adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for infection and death, an...
Stecca, Carlos E. Alt, Marie Jiang, Di Maria Michelis, Glaucia Fallah-Rad, Nazanin Gill, Sharlene Elliot, Mary Sridhar, Srikala S
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Seminars in Oncology
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant disruptions across all levels of medical training. International fellows in subspecialty training programs are essential members of the frontline physician workforce, but may face additional and unique challenges as a result of being away from their home country. In this study, we aimed to und...
Costa, Guilherme Jorge Júnior, Hélio de Araújo Fonseca Malta, Fábio Costa Bitu, Felipe Costa Leandro Barbosa, Claudia de Sá, Josenildo Amarante, André Thuler, Luiz Claudio Santos
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Seminars in oncology
Patients with cancer need to receive their proper treatment and often cannot wait for their treatment, despite delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many cancer centers have had challenges maintaining their oncological activities. To compare the average hospital management data and indicators in two different periods, with and without t...
Yilmaz, Feride Yasar, Serkan Tuncali, Meltem Caglar Akin, Serkan
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Seminars in oncology
COVID-19 infection increases mortality in hematological malignancies. In a large meta-analysis, patients aged 60 years and older had a significantly higher risk of death than patients under 60 years of age [1]. Furthermore, a high risk of death and reduced survival in patients receiving B cell depletion therapy with prolonged COVID-19 infection was...
Lim, Jihe Lee, Seun Ah Khil, Eun Kyung Byeon, Sun-Ju Kang, Hee Joon Choi, Jung-Ah
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Seminars in oncology
Lymphadenopathy (LAP) after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with a diagnosis of cancer has been challenging. We analyzed imaging and clinical features from early cases of axillary LAP in six COVID-19 vaccine recipients with a history of breast cancer. Among the patients with a history of breast cancer and recent COVID-19 vaccine administration, si...
Bloom, Julie R Martin, Emily J Jones, Joshua A
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Seminars in oncology
The current coronavirus pandemic has forced a dramatic shift in the way clinicians practice medicine, including the way we communicate with our patients. The pandemic has both facilitated and challenged serious illness conversations between providers and patients. Furthermore, telemedicine has emerged as a major practice across the globe. Benefits ...
Mehrvar, Azim Qaddoumi, Ibrahim Tashvighi, Maryam Naderi, Ali Mousakhani, Hadi Alasvand, Ramin Shekarchi, Babak Afsar, Negar Nourian, Mahyar Mehrvar, Narjes
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Seminars in oncology
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly devastating for Iran. Children with cancer are generally immunosuppressed and especially vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections. We report the treatment and outcomes of pediatric oncology patients with COVID-19 at the MAHAK Pediatric Cancer Treatment and Research Center (MPCTRC) in Tehran. We enrolled pediat...
