Guidance for safely performing oncologic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles concernant la prise en charge des cancers durant la crise sanitaire liée au COVID-19
Cancer patients are a particularly vulnerable population. Recent data suggests that cancer patients have a higher incidence of COVID‐19 and experience more severe disease than the general population. Given resource constraints and concern for patient safety during the COVID‐19 pandemic, some cancer treatments such as surgical procedures are inevitably delayed. For most cancer surgeries, a brief delay may not impact outcomes, but a prolonged delay may adversely impact prognosis. Safely performing oncological surgery in areas where COVID‐19 is prevalent remains challenging due to the lack of guidance.
British Journal of Surgery , commentaire en libre accès, 2019