Ambulante Krebsberatung in Zeiten von Corona: Zahlen, Daten und subjektive Eindrücke aus der Hamburger Krebsgesellschaft e. V.

People with cancer face particular challenges due to the coronavirus. Cancer patients belong to the risk groups and must be especially protected against infection with COVID-19. The counseling requirement of cancer patients and their relatives was high during the pandemic. Many interesting new and constructive solutions appeared throughout the country, made possible by a great flexibility of all involved parties, higher investments of beneficial associations, and the fast and competent acting of national cancer societies. As a result, the counseling and accompanying services—which are so important for affected persons—could be maintained throughout the period in which clinical inpatient care and other support services for cancer patients were massively restricted. Some of the resulting formats and projects will certainly continue to exist in the future. Thus, the offer of video consultations has also established itself in outpatient cancer counseling.