Open AccessIMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE ONCOLOGICAL PRACTICE
Author(s) -
А. Д. Каприн,
Е. В. Гамеева,
Alexander A. Polyakov,
A. L. Kornietskaya,
Н. А. Рубцова,
А. А. Феденко
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sibirskij onkologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.115
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2312-3168
pISSN - 1814-4861
DOI - 10.21294/1814-4861-2020-19-3-5-22
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , medline , cancer , scopus , clinical trial , disease , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , paleontology , law , biology
Detailed, systematic review of the world literature data, including all aspects that reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oncological practice was conducted. The information sources were taken from Pubmed, MedLine, Scopus, Web of Science, and RSCI systems. The data from retrospective and prospective clinical trials have been analyzed. This review presents current data on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients, mortality and prognosis of cancer patients infected with COVID-19, treatment options for COVID-19, as well as the case report of the cancer patient with rare atypical COVID-19 course of disease. To date, the groups of increased risk of being infected with a new coronavirus have been identified. These groups include cancer patients. Despite the pandemic, treatment of cancer patients must be continued, since the presence of a tumor process does not allow the therapy to be delayed. The world cancer community is actively continuing to develop recommendations for optimal management of cancer patients in the context of the pandemic. The most relevant of them are described in this article.