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Review
. 2020 Jul;24(7):1698-1703.
doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04645-z. Epub 2020 May 15.

Caring for Patients with Rectal Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kinga B Skowron  1 , Roger D Hurst  1 , Konstantin Umanskiy  1 , Neil H Hyman  1 , Benjamin D Shogan  2
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Review

Caring for Patients with Rectal Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kinga B Skowron et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

The extraordinary spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has dramatically and rapidly changed the way in which we provide medical care for patients with all diagnoses. Conservation of resources, social distancing, and the risk of poor outcomes in COVID-19-positive cancer patients have forced practitioners and surgeons to completely rethink routine care. The treatment of patients with rectal cancer requires both a multidisciplinary approach and a significant amount of resources. It is therefore imperative to rethink how rectal cancer treatment can be aligned with the current COVID-19 pandemic paradigms. In this review, we discuss evidence-based recommendations to optimize oncological outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Rectal cancer.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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