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Review
. 2020 Sep 23:13:1711-1721.
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S261357. eCollection 2020.

Cancer Care Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ameneh Jafari  1   2 , Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani  1 , Samira Karami  3 , Mohsen Yazdani  4 , Hakimeh Zali  1   5 , Zahra Jafari  6
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Cancer Care Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ameneh Jafari et al. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. .

Abstract

New cases of the novel coronavirus, also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are increasing around the world. Currently, health care services are mainly focused on responding to and controlling the unique challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These changes, along with the higher susceptibility of patients with cancer to infections, have profound effects on other critical aspects of care and pose a serious challenge for the treatment of such patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to provide strategies for managing the treatment of patients with cancer to limit COVID-19-associated risks at this difficult time. The present study set out to summarize the latest research on epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical features of COVID-19. We also address some of the current challenges associated with the management of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide practical guidance to clinically deal with these challenges.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; cancer; coronavirus; health care; pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

Figures

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Figure 1
Schematic structure of coronavirus. The virus is an enveloped, non-segmented, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. The virion has a nucleocapsid composed of genomic RNA and phosphorylated nucleocapsid (N) protein, which is buried inside phospholipid bilayers and covered by the spike glycoprotein trimmer (S). The membrane (M) protein hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) and the envelope (E) protein are located among the S proteins in the virus envelope.
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