Managing cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic: brief report from a North African single center

The potential threat of COVID-19 pandemic on the continuity of care for cancer patients is thought to be significant. Oncologists are weighing up the balance of risks and benefits carefully when planning daily cancer care and making treatment decisions in the face of rapid change during this public...

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Autores principales: Benhima, Nada, Kaakoua, Mohamed, Rachidi, Siham Alaoui, Fadli, Mohamed El, Belbaraka, Rhizlane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7687510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282082
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.25020
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Kaakoua, Mohamed
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description The potential threat of COVID-19 pandemic on the continuity of care for cancer patients is thought to be significant. Oncologists are weighing up the balance of risks and benefits carefully when planning daily cancer care and making treatment decisions in the face of rapid change during this public health crisis. This report describes management strategies and care models that have been adopted by a single Medical Oncology department in a North Africa, Morocco.
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spelling pubmed-76875102020-12-03 Managing cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic: brief report from a North African single center Benhima, Nada Kaakoua, Mohamed Rachidi, Siham Alaoui Fadli, Mohamed El Belbaraka, Rhizlane Pan Afr Med J Report The potential threat of COVID-19 pandemic on the continuity of care for cancer patients is thought to be significant. Oncologists are weighing up the balance of risks and benefits carefully when planning daily cancer care and making treatment decisions in the face of rapid change during this public health crisis. This report describes management strategies and care models that have been adopted by a single Medical Oncology department in a North Africa, Morocco. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7687510/ /pubmed/33282082 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.25020 Text en ©Nada Benhima et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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