Managing patients with multiple myeloma during the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations from an expert panel - ABHH monoclonal gammopathies committe
Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther. (Impr.)
; 42(3): 200-205, July-Sept. 2020.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Since the World has been facing the COVID-19 pandemic, special attention has been taken concerning cancer patients; related to their immunosuppression status, adding risk for more aggressive COVID-19 and mortality, but also concerns about the access and the quality of care in cancer therapy. The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the number of infected, its related mortality, as well as the care of cancer patients. Multiple myeloma patients are a particular group with several important aspects to be considered during pandemic times. In essence, they are immunosuppressed in different intensities during their treatment. Most of them are elderly and all of them require long-term therapy, with prolonged contact with the health care system, possibly including a stem cell transplant during the treatment. A panel of experts in multiple myeloma and infectious diseases discusses pieces of evidence and the lack of the same in the scenario of COVID-19 in myeloma patients, while also exposing what is expected for the next phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Main subject:
Paraproteinemias
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Stem Cell Transplantation
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Multiple Myeloma
Language:
English
Journal:
Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
Hematologia
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TransfusÆo de Sangue
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro de Câncer de Brasília/BR
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Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo/BR
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Santa Casa de São Paulo/BR
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Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA/BR
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG/BR
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Universidade Federal de Porto Alegre/BR
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ/BR