Corticosteroids for Urological Cancer Care During Coronavirus Disease 2019. Treat or Not to Treat?

Autor: Waterhouse JV; Department of Oncology, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK., Hull JH; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK., Linch M; Department of Oncology, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK. Electronic address: m.linch@ucl.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European urology [Eur Urol] 2020 Jul; Vol. 78 (1), pp. 9-10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.04.027
Abstrakt: The current World Health Organization guidance is not to start corticosteroids, but there is no robust evidence of risk in patients with cancer and coronavirus disease 2019. A risk-benefit analysis should be performed for each patient on the use of steroids in cancer care.
(Copyright © 2020 European Association of Urology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE