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. 2020 Aug;122(2):122-123.
doi: 10.1002/jso.26057. Epub 2020 May 31.

Management of patients with ovarian cancer in the COVID-19 era

Giorgio Bogani  1 , Jvan Casarin  2 , Ciro Pinelli  2 , Violante Di Donato  3 , Sara Bosio  1   4 , Simona Ruisi  1   4 , Claudia Brusadelli  1   2 , Rocco Guerrisi  1   2 , Giuseppe Sarpietro  1   5 , Antonino Ditto  1 , Fabio Ghezzi  2 , Francesco Raspagliesi  1
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Management of patients with ovarian cancer in the COVID-19 era

Giorgio Bogani et al. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

At the beginning of 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads worldwide. Patients with ovarian cancer should be considered at high-risk of developing severe morbidity related to COVID-19. Most of them are diagnosed in advanced stages of disease, and they are fragile. Here, we evaluated the major impact of COVID-19 on patients with ovarian cancer, discussing the effect of the outbreak on medical and surgical treatment.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV; chemotherapy; ovarian cancer; surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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