How the Coronavirus Pandemic May Affect Cancer Clinical Trials
Risks of moving clinical trials online include missing key information about the patient experience — and higher dropout rates could also impair the overall quality of trials.
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Acute Medical Oncology Admissions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Patients in Ireland logged shorter hospital stays and had fewer emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk Factors for Poor Prognosis in Patients With Cancer and COVID-19
Data from the CCC19 registry were evaluated to uncover risk factors associated with increased 30-day mortality in patients with cancer infected with COVID-19.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Telehealth Visits: Results From the COVID-19 and Cancer Outcomes Study
Black and Hispanic patients were more likely to have COVID-19 but less likely to have an increase in telehealth visits.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting the Well-Being of Oncologists
Many oncologists across the world are experiencing decreased feelings of well-being and increased burnout as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Timing and Type of Prior Cancer Therapy May Influence Mortality in Patients With Cancer Diagnosed With COVID-19
“Immunotherapy-alone [patients] had similar rates of death compared with those not on treatment within the past year,” Dr Wise-Draper emphasized.
COVID-19 Pandemic Resulted in Cancer Treatment Modification, Increased Stress
Anticancer treatment modifications resulted in posttraumatic stress among patients and their health care providers.
Communicating With Patients in Oncology About Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
How to explain adjustments to cancer care due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ease patients’ fears about the impact of those changes.
5 Ways to Make Patients Feel More Comfortable in Office During Covid
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, its toll has extended beyond physical and into the emotional realm. A recent study in JAMA Network Open suggested that the prevalence of depression symptoms in the United States was more than 3 times as great during the presence of COVID-19 as it was prior to the pandemic.¹ Americans are…
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 Infection Phenotypes Vary With Different Tumor Subtypes
Among patients with cancer, tumor subtypes may influence varying susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 disease phenotypes.
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