The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer patients.
Ann Palliat Med
; 9(5): 3373-3378, 2020 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-854830
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses an unprecedented challenge to health and epidemic prevention system, especially the healthcare of patients with cancer. We sought to study the impact of COVID-19 on lung cancer patients in our center.METHODS:
We initiated a retrospectively study to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on lung cancer patients in our center, who were accepted for routine anticancer treatment before the epidemic and planned to return to hospital in January and February of 2020.RESULTS:
A total of 161 cases of lung cancer were included in the final analysis. As of April 15, 95 patients had delayed their return visit, and 47 cases were finally designated as having delayed admission during the epidemic and having to discontinue or delay their regular anticancer treatments. Of these 47 delayed patients, 33 were evaluated for tumor status using a computed tomography scan, 6 of these 33 cases (18.18%) were diagnosed as progressive disease (PD), and 5 cases did not return for visit.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first study investigating impact of COVID-19 on non-COVID-19 lung cancer patients during the pandemic. The study demonstrates the significant impact of the COVID-19 crisis on oncological care, indicating the need for appropriate change of treatment decisions and continued follow-up and psycho-oncological support during this pandemic.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Radiotherapy
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Coronavirus Infections
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
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Pandemics
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Time-to-Treatment
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Immunotherapy
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Lung Neoplasms
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Antineoplastic Agents
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Palliat Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Apm-20-1662
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