Delaying Cancer Cases in Urology during COVID-19: Review of the Literature.
J Urol
; 204(5): 926-933, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-660844
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic affecting hospital systems and the availability of resources for surgical procedures. Our aim is to provide guidance for urologists to help prioritize urological cancer surgeries. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We reviewed published literature on bladder cancer, upper tract urothelial carcinoma, penile cancer, testis cancer, prostate cancer, renal cancer and adrenal cancer.RESULTS:
For muscle invasive bladder cancer delays should be less than roughly 10 weeks and neoadjuvant chemotherapy should be considered. Patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer should be counseled appropriately based on risk and intravesical therapies can continue. Upper tract urothelial carcinoma should also be treated with minimal delays for high risk patients, especially with ureteral tumors. Surgery for T1 renal cancers when indicated can be delayed until adequate resources are available. Patients with T2 renal cancer should be considered for early surgery if there are unfavorable preoperative characteristics. Higher stage renal tumors should be considered for early surgery. An early multidisciplinary approach is recommended for metastatic renal cancers. High risk prostate cancer may need preferential treatment and consideration of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy. Penile cancer can have worse sexual or oncologic outcomes with prolonged surgical delay. Likewise, adrenal cancer is aggressive and needs early surgical treatment. Testicular cancer should be treated in a timely manner with surgery or chemotherapy, as indicated.CONCLUSIONS:
This review should further assist urologists in recognizing patients with potentially aggressive tumor biology that warrants early treatment.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Urologic Neoplasms
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Time-to-Treatment
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Betacoronavirus
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Genital Neoplasms, Male
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J Urol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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