Open AccessThe first cancer patient with COVID-19 in Slovakia
Author(s) -
Silvia Jurišová,
De Angelis,
Marek Makovník,
Peter Hlavcák,
Pavol Janega,
Dušan Macák,
Miroslav Chovanec,
Katarína Rejleková,
Daniel Pinďák,
J Mardiak,
M Mego
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
klinická onkologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1802-5307
pISSN - 0862-495X
DOI - 10.14735/amko2020380
Subject(s) - medicine , chills , hydroxychloroquine , cancer , azithromycin , malignancy , disease , adverse effect , perioperative , regimen , chemotherapy , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Primary squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the colon are extremely rare and occur predominantly in the fifth decade of life, with a slight prevalence in men. The most common anatomical sites are the rectum and the proximal colon. Clinical signs and common dia-gnostic methods cannot clearly distinguish SCC from adenocarcinoma.