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Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran
To provide a step-by-step approach to chemotherapy (CTx) in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The COVID-19 pandemic is the current global issue resulting in vast health implications. Amid the COVID-19 era, special attention must be paid to at-risk groups, including patients with can...
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The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7779976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263246 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.496 |
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author | Rakhsha, Afshin Azghandi, Samira Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farzad |
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description | To provide a step-by-step approach to chemotherapy (CTx) in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The COVID-19 pandemic is the current global issue resulting in vast health implications. Amid the COVID-19 era, special attention must be paid to at-risk groups, including patients with cancer. To our knowledge, there is a paucity of data on the decision for CTx during the pandemic. We herein provide practical recommendations on the CTx of cancer patients over the pandemic based on our experience in an educational hospital. The decision on CTx should be considered to be individualized based on clinical findings. We hope that our experience provides a practical guide for clinical oncologists to deliver more effective cancer care over the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-77799762021-01-05 Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran Rakhsha, Afshin Azghandi, Samira Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farzad Infect Chemother Review Article To provide a step-by-step approach to chemotherapy (CTx) in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The COVID-19 pandemic is the current global issue resulting in vast health implications. Amid the COVID-19 era, special attention must be paid to at-risk groups, including patients with cancer. To our knowledge, there is a paucity of data on the decision for CTx during the pandemic. We herein provide practical recommendations on the CTx of cancer patients over the pandemic based on our experience in an educational hospital. The decision on CTx should be considered to be individualized based on clinical findings. We hope that our experience provides a practical guide for clinical oncologists to deliver more effective cancer care over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2020-12 2020-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7779976/ /pubmed/33263246 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.496 Text en Copyright © 2020 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy, and The Korean Society for AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Rakhsha, Afshin Azghandi, Samira Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farzad Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title | Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title_full | Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title_fullStr | Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title_short | Decision on Chemotherapy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: a Review and a Practical Approach from Iran |
title_sort | decision on chemotherapy amidst covid-19 pandemic: a review and a practical approach from iran |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7779976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263246 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.496 |
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