Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on pediatric oncology care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region: A report from the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean (POEM) group.

Autor: Saab R; Children's Cancer Institute, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon., Obeid A; Children's Cancer Institute, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon., Gachi F; Department of Pediatrics, Pierre and Marie Curie Center, Algiers, Algeria., Boudiaf H; Department of Pediatrics, Mustapha Pacha Hospital, Moustapha, Algeria., Sargsyan L; Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, Professor R.H. Yeolyan Hematology Center, Yerevan, Armenia., Al-Saad K; Department of Pediatrics, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain., Javakhadze T; Department of Pediatrics, Iashvili Children's Central Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia., Mehrvar A; MAHAK Pediatric Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Tehran, Iran., Abbas SS; Department of Pediatrics, Al-Imamian Al-Kadhimiyain Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq., Abed Al-Agele YS; Department of Pediatrics, Ibn al-Athir Teaching Hospital for Children, Al-Mausil, Iraq., Al-Haddad S; Department of Pediatrics, Children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq., Al Ani MH; Department of Pediatrics, Nanakaly Hospital for Blood Disease, Kurdistan, Iraq., Al-Sweedan S; Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan., Al Kofide A; Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Jastaniah W; Princess Noorah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs-Western Region, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; College of Medicine, Umm AlQura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Khalifa N; National Bank of Kuwait Children's Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Bechara E; Department of Pediatrics, Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, Beirut, Lebanon., Baassiri M; Department of Pediatrics, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.; Department of Pediatrics, Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon., Noun P; Department of Pediatrics, St George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon., El-Houdzi J; Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Mohammed VI Marrakech University Hospital Center, Marrakech, Morocco., Khattab M; Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Center, Ibn Sina University Hospital Center, Rabat, Morocco., Sagar Sharma K; Department of Medical Oncology, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal., Wali Y; Child Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman., Mushtaq N; Department of Pediatrics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan., Batool A; Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan., Faizan M; Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan., Raza MR; Department of Pediatric Oncology, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan., Najajreh M; Huda Al Masri Pediatric Cancer Department, Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, Beit Jala, Palestine., Mohammed Abdallah MA; Department of Pediatrics, Khartoum Oncology Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan., Sousan G; Department of Pediatrics, Al Bairouni Hospital, Damascus, Syria., Ghanem KM; Basma Pediatric Oncology Unit, Al Bairouni Hospital, Damascus, Syria., Kocak U; Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Kutluk T; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey., Demir HA; Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Private Memorial Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Hodeish H; Pediatric Oncology Department, National Oncology Center, Sana'a, Yemen., Muwakkit S; Children's Cancer Institute, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon., Belgaumi A; Department of Pediatrics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan., Al-Rawas AH; Child Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman., Jeha S; Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

Publikováno v: Cancer [Cancer] 2020 Sep 15; Vol. 126 (18), pp. 4235-4245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 10.