Cancer, COVID-19 and the precautionary principle: prioritizing treatment during a global pandemic

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the cancer community faces many difficult questions. We will first discuss safety considerations for patients with cancer requiring treatment in SARS-CoV-2 endemic areas. We will then discuss a general framework for prioritizing cancer care, emphasizing the preca...

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Autores principales: Hanna, Timothy P., Evans, Gerald A., Booth, Christopher M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32242095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-020-0362-6
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spelling pubmed-71175542020-04-02 Cancer, COVID-19 and the precautionary principle: prioritizing treatment during a global pandemic Hanna, Timothy P. Evans, Gerald A. Booth, Christopher M. Nat Rev Clin Oncol Comment During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the cancer community faces many difficult questions. We will first discuss safety considerations for patients with cancer requiring treatment in SARS-CoV-2 endemic areas. We will then discuss a general framework for prioritizing cancer care, emphasizing the precautionary principle in decision making. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-04-02 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7117554/ /pubmed/32242095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-020-0362-6 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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