Teleoncology: The Youngest Pillar of Oncology.
JCO Glob Oncol
; 6: 1455-1460, 2020 Sep.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-901960
ABSTRACT
The core pillars of multimodal care of patients with cancer are surgical, radiation, and medical oncology. The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has suddenly resurrected a new pillar in oncology care teleoncology. With oncologists reaching out to patients through telemedicine, it is possible to evaluate and fulfill patients' needs; triage patients for elective procedures; screen them for influenza-like illness; provide them with guidance for hospital visits, if needed; and bridge oral medications and treatments when a hospital visit is not desirable because of any high risk-benefit ratio. Teleoncology can bring great reassurance to patients at times when reaching an oncology center is challenging, and more so in resource-constrained countries. Evidence-based treatment protocols, dispensable by teleoncology, already exist for many sites of cancer and they can provide a bridge to treatment when patients are unable to reach cancer centers for their standard treatment. The young pillar of teleoncology is going to remain much longer than COVID-19.
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Control de Infecciones
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Telemedicina
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Oncología Médica
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
JCO Glob Oncol
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
GO.20.00295
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