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Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially stressed health care systems globally, subsequently reducing cancer care services and delaying treatments. Pediatric populations infected by COVID-19 have shown mild clinical symptoms compared to adults, perhaps due to decreased susceptibility. Several scienti...

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Autores principales: Capozza, Michele Antonio, Triarico, Silvia, Attinà, Giorgio, Romano, Alberto, Mastrangelo, Stefano, Maurizi, Palma, Frassanito, Paolo, Bianchi, Federico, Verdolotti, Tommaso, Gessi, Marco, Balducci, Mario, Massimi, Luca, Tamburrini, Gianpiero, Ruggiero, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.005
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author Capozza, Michele Antonio
Triarico, Silvia
Attinà, Giorgio
Romano, Alberto
Mastrangelo, Stefano
Maurizi, Palma
Frassanito, Paolo
Bianchi, Federico
Verdolotti, Tommaso
Gessi, Marco
Balducci, Mario
Massimi, Luca
Tamburrini, Gianpiero
Ruggiero, Antonio
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Triarico, Silvia
Attinà, Giorgio
Romano, Alberto
Mastrangelo, Stefano
Maurizi, Palma
Frassanito, Paolo
Bianchi, Federico
Verdolotti, Tommaso
Gessi, Marco
Balducci, Mario
Massimi, Luca
Tamburrini, Gianpiero
Ruggiero, Antonio
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially stressed health care systems globally, subsequently reducing cancer care services and delaying treatments. Pediatric populations infected by COVID-19 have shown mild clinical symptoms compared to adults, perhaps due to decreased susceptibility. Several scientific societies and governments have released information on the management of patients with cancer, wherein they warn against exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection and suggest continuing treatment. To determine the best diagnostic and therapeutic approach, multidisciplinary tumor boards should convene regularly, including through conference calls and telematics platforms. A prompt diagnostic workup may reduce children's suffering and prevent loss of confidence in the health care system among parents. Moreover, ensuring adequate support and information regarding measures for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric patients and their families is essential for avoiding panic and excessive stress, allowing early reporting of any suspected symptoms of cancer and, in turn, facilitating early diagnosis and prompt modulation of treatment.
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spelling pubmed-78175282021-01-26 Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care! Capozza, Michele Antonio Triarico, Silvia Attinà, Giorgio Romano, Alberto Mastrangelo, Stefano Maurizi, Palma Frassanito, Paolo Bianchi, Federico Verdolotti, Tommaso Gessi, Marco Balducci, Mario Massimi, Luca Tamburrini, Gianpiero Ruggiero, Antonio Comput Struct Biotechnol J Review Article The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially stressed health care systems globally, subsequently reducing cancer care services and delaying treatments. Pediatric populations infected by COVID-19 have shown mild clinical symptoms compared to adults, perhaps due to decreased susceptibility. Several scientific societies and governments have released information on the management of patients with cancer, wherein they warn against exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection and suggest continuing treatment. To determine the best diagnostic and therapeutic approach, multidisciplinary tumor boards should convene regularly, including through conference calls and telematics platforms. A prompt diagnostic workup may reduce children's suffering and prevent loss of confidence in the health care system among parents. Moreover, ensuring adequate support and information regarding measures for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric patients and their families is essential for avoiding panic and excessive stress, allowing early reporting of any suspected symptoms of cancer and, in turn, facilitating early diagnosis and prompt modulation of treatment. Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology 2021-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7817528/ /pubmed/33505640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.005 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Capozza, Michele Antonio
Triarico, Silvia
Attinà, Giorgio
Romano, Alberto
Mastrangelo, Stefano
Maurizi, Palma
Frassanito, Paolo
Bianchi, Federico
Verdolotti, Tommaso
Gessi, Marco
Balducci, Mario
Massimi, Luca
Tamburrini, Gianpiero
Ruggiero, Antonio
Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title_full Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title_fullStr Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title_full_unstemmed Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title_short Managing children with brain tumors during the COVID-19 era: Don’t stop the care!
title_sort managing children with brain tumors during the covid-19 era: don’t stop the care!
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.005
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