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Recommendations on bladder cancer Management during COVID-19 pandemia: lessons learned and future plans. / Recomendaciones sobre el manejo del carcinoma de vejiga en situacion de pandemia por Covid-19. Experiencia aprendida y preparacion para el futuro
Non-conventional in Spanish | WHO COVID | ID: covidwho-601098
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

The guidelines and recommendation sof good clinical practice have been disrupted by new and urgent policies, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Urothelial carcinoma has a significant prevalence in Spain, whose population has been greatly affected by COVID-19, directly by the disease and indirectly by the confinement.The objective of this work is to offer recommendations on protocols and guidelines adjusted to different phases of the pandemic.MATERIAL AND

METHODS:

This document on the management of bladder carcinoma is based on few evidence on urological oncological practice during the first months of the pandemic and on the authors' experience in this pathology during the crisis of COVID-19. Hospital experts in infectious disseases and radiology have participated to design a common strategy to reorganize the activity.

RESULTS:

Different proposals for treatment and follow-up of patients diagnosed with bladder cancer adjusted for oncological risk and the different phases of the pandemic are presented.

CONCLUSIONS:

The pandemic's spread was unimaginable just a few months ago. Health systems have been shaken by the disease in the most critical phases. It is necessary, at this time, to make an additional effort to develop tools that can facilitate the care of bladder carcinoma and minimize the impact and risks for patients and health professionals in the future.

OBJETIVOS:

Las directrices y recomendaciones de la buena practica clinica se han visto trastocadas por las nuevas y urgentes prioridades, marcadas po rla pandemia COVID-19. El carcinoma urotelial es una enfermedad de prevalencia significativa en Espana, cuya poblacion se ha visto muy afectada por la COVID-19, directamente por la enfermedad e indirectamente por el confinamiento. El objetivo de este trabajo es ofrecer recomendaciones sobre protocolos y circuitos asistenciales ajustados a diferentes fases de la pandemia.MATERIAL Y

METODOS:

El presente documento sobre el manejo del carcinoma vesical, se basa en la escasa evidencia sobre la practica oncologica urologica durante los primeros meses de la pandemia y en la experiencia de los autores en esta patologia durante la crisis del COVID-19. En ella, han participado expertos hospitalarios en patologia infecciosa y radiodiagnostico para disenar una estrategia comun y reorganizar asi la actividad.

RESULTADOS:

Se presentan distintas propuestas de tratamiento y seguimiento de los pacientes diagnosticados de cancer vesical ajustados al riesgo oncologico en las diferentes fases de la pandemia.

CONCLUSIONES:

La velocidad de expansion de la pandemia era inimaginable hace solo unos meses. Los sistemas sanitarios se han visto sacudidos por la enfermedad en las fases mas criticas. Es necesario, en estos momentos, realizar un esfuerzo mas para desarrollar herramientas que puedan facilitar la asistencia del carcinoma vesical y minimizar el impacto y los riesgos para los pacientes y los profesionales de la salud en el futuro.
Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: WHO COVID Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: Spanish Document Type: Non-conventional

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: WHO COVID Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: Spanish Document Type: Non-conventional