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Meeting the challenge of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease in patients with cancer
Author(s) -
Spiess Philippe E.,
Greene John,
Keenan Robert J.,
Paculdo David,
Letson G. Douglas,
Peabody John W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32919
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , disease , cancer , intensive care medicine , pandemic , telemedicine , coronavirus infections , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , health care , pathology , economic growth , outbreak , economics
The alarming situation of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is contrasted by the limited efforts to curb the spread and impact of the disease among patients with cancer. This commentary proposes a simple 5‐part strategy plus rapidly expanded use of telemedicine to anticipate and deal with COVID‐19 and, by extension, future epidemics in patients with cancer.