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Primum non Nocere: How to ensure continuity of care and prevent cancer patients from being overlooked during the COVID- 19 pandemic.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101595310 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-7634 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20457634 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cancer Med Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: [Malden, MA] : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., c2012-
    • الموضوع:
      COVID-19*/epidemiology ; COVID-19*/prevention & control ; Telemedicine* ; Breast Neoplasms*; Humans ; Female ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Continuity of Patient Care
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to all countries since December 2019, triggering a pandemic within weeks of the initial outbreak. Doctors were presented with the challenge of having to reimagine the traditional hospital organisation in order to effectively manage patients.
      Patients and Methods: During the months of the COVID-19 pandemic our Institution was assisted by a call-center (CC) that triaged cancer patients planned for follow-up in our outpatient clinics: C1 (for female cancers), C2 (for gastrointestinal, urogenital, and thoracic tumours), and D1 (for melanoma and for patients with tumours in over 5 years follow up). Data refers to the period between 15 April and 3 July 2020.
      Results: A total of 1054 patients have been included in our study and 1005 (95%) of the contacts were successful. The analysis showed a majority of female patients (74%) and patients affected by breast cancer (56%). Among the options provided 646 patients (92.4%) opted for online consultancy.
      Conclusion: This study has shown that cancer patients valued technology-mediated follow-up visits mainly during the beginning of the pandemic because patients themselves were afraid to come to the hospital. Although telemedicine has intrinsic limitations, it is important for providing assistance and preventing cancer patients from feeling isolated during an emergency.
      (© 2022 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: cancer management; medical oncology; psychosocial studies; viral infection
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20220627 Date Completed: 20230131 Latest Revision: 20230226
    • الموضوع:
      20250114
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC9350138
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1002/cam4.4986
    • الرقم المعرف:
      35754357