Management of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Italian perspective on the second wave
| Autor: | Clementina Savastano, Francesco Grossi, Rosa Rita Silva, M. Schena, Angela Stefania Ribecco, Efisio Defraia, Fabrizio Artioli, Graziella Pinotti, Antonino Iaria, Monica Giordano, Teresa Gamucci, Daniele Bernardi, Alfredo Butera, Carlo Aschele, Riccardo Rossetti, Silvana Leo, Gianpiero Fasola, Alice Indini, Livio Blasi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Telemedicine Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Personnel Staffing and Scheduling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Oncology Service Hospital Surveys and Questionnaires Pandemic Health care medicine Cancer COVID-19 Oncology Humans Mass Screening Practice Patterns Physicians' Mass screening Original Research Oncologists business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Perspective (graphical) Continuity of Patient Care 030104 developmental biology Potential harm Italy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing business Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1879-0852 |
| Popis: | The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been an overwhelming challenge for worldwide health systems. Since the beginning of year 2020, COVID-19 has represented a potential harm for cancer patients and has often hindered oncology care. The Collegio Italiano dei Primari Oncologi Medici (CIPOMO) is an Italian association of head physicians in oncology departments, which promotes working and research activities in oncology on a national basis. During the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the CIPOMO promoted a national survey aiming to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on oncologists’ clinical activity and what changes have been made compared with the Italian situation during the first wave of the pandemic. Overall, 138 heads of medical oncology departments participated in this survey: 75 (54%) from the North, 24 (17%) from the Center, and 39 (28%) from the South of Italy and islands. This survey provides an overview of Italian oncologists facing the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The lesson learned during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic has led to a better organization of clinical activities, and regular testing among healthcare practitioners, with better chances to grant patients’ protection. However, the lack of standardized informatic platforms results in serious challenges in replacing frontal visits, often making a concrete reduction of patients’ hospital accesses unfeasible. Oncologists need to keep preserving the continuum of care of patients. Standardization of safety measures, together with the implementation of informatic platforms, can significantly improve oncology pathways during this second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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