Management of cervical cancer during the corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) era
Autor: | Rupali Dewan, Inderjeet Kaur, Abhinav Dewan, S Aggarwal, Soumitra Barik, Swarupa Mitra, Preetha Umesh |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Infectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-Professional Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Context (language use) Review Article Rationalization (economics) 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Pandemic medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Intensive care medicine Cervical cancer Modalities business.industry COVID-19 Workload General Medicine medicine.disease 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female business |
Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology |
ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
Popis: | COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on the society, economy and heath-care system all over the globe with virus showing no signs of losing potency. As the situation appears to worsen, extra burden on other specialities like oncology seems to increase. Specific recommendations are necessary for management of cervical cancer in the current context. All concerned specialities must work together in the best interest of the patient. Attempts should be made at managing cervical cancer while limiting the viral spread among the patients and health-care workers without the loss of opportunity. Surgical intervention for early cervical cancer should be postponed or alternative modalities be considered. In a locally advanced disease, concurrent chemoradiation is the treatment of choice. In addition, the following under mentioned suggestions aim to discuss ways of minimizing infection spread, workload rationalization and providing guidance for management of cervical cancer in the presence of COVID-19 infection. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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