One Piece of the Jigsaw for the Cancer Recovery Strategy: Prevalence of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer | Zendy

Charlotte Moss | Zendy; Saoirse Dolly | Zendy; Beth Russell | Zendy; Mary Lei | Zendy; Sharmista Ghosh | Zendy; Sophie Papa | Zendy; Richard Sullivan | Zendy; Mieke Van Hemelrijck | Zendy; Anne Rigg | Zendy

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One Piece of the Jigsaw for the Cancer Recovery Strategy: Prevalence of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer

Author(s) -

Charlotte Moss,

Saoirse Dolly,

Beth Russell,

Mary Lei,

Sharmista Ghosh,

Sophie Papa,

Richard Sullivan,

Mieke Van Hemelrijck,

Anne Rigg

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

cancer control

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.794

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1526-2359

pISSN - 1073-2748

DOI - 10.1177/1073274820950844

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , covid-19 , asymptomatic , population , jigsaw , health care , radiation therapy , family medicine , disease , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychology , pedagogy , economics , economic growth

COVID-19 has forced governments to make drastic changes to healthcare systems. To start making informed decisions about cancer care, we need to understand the scale of COVID-19 infection. Therefore, we introduced swab testing for patients visiting Guy’s Cancer Centre. Our Centre is one of the largest UK Cancer Centers at the epicenter of the UK COVID-19 epidemic. The first COVID-19 positive cancer patient was reported on 29 February 2020. We analyzed data from 7-15 May 2020 for COVID-19 tests in our cancer patients. 2,647 patients attended for outpatient, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy appointments. 654 were swabbed for COVID-19 (25%). Of those tested, 9 were positive for COVID-19 (1.38%) of which 7 were asymptomatic. Cancer service providers will need to understand their local cancer population prevalence. The absolute priority is that cancer patients have the confidence to attend hospitals and be reassured that they will be treated in a COVID-19 managed environment.

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