The Effects of COVID-19 on Cancer Care Provision: A Systematic Review | Zendy

Samiha Alom | Zendy; Chun Ming Chiu | Zendy; Ashwarya Jha | Zendy; Sheung Heng Daniel Lai | Zendy; Thomas Yau | Zendy; Amer Harky | Zendy

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The Effects of COVID-19 on Cancer Care Provision: A Systematic Review

Author(s) -

Samiha Alom,

Chun Ming Chiu,

Ashwarya Jha,

Sheung Heng Daniel Lai,

Thomas Yau,

Amer Harky

Publication year - 2021

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 - 10.1177/1073274821997425

Subject(s) - medicine , outreach , social distance , intervention (counseling) , restructuring , pandemic , medline , population , health care , service (business) , cancer , covid-19 , family medicine , nursing , environmental health , economic growth , pathology , political science , business , disease , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics

This systematic review aims to gather primary data from cancer institutions that have implemented changes to cancer service provision amid the COVID-19 outbreak to inform future intervention and health care facility response strategies. A comprehensive literature search was done on Global Health Medline and EMBASE using pertinent key words and MeSH terms relating to COVID-19 and Cancer service provision. A total of 72 articles were selected for inclusion in this systematic review. Following the narrative synthesis that was conducted of the literature, 6 core themes that encompassed common cancer service intervention adopted by institutions were identified: (1) Testing and Tracking, (2) Outreach and Communication, (3) Protection, (4) Social Distancing (5) Treatment Management, (6) Service Restructuring. Since cancer patients are a high-risk population amid the COVID-19 pandemic, these areas of targeted intervention can be used to inform necessary actions in institutions facing similar risks, based on previous learning from numerous cancer centers globally.

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