Do no harm: A call to action on COVID-19 and mask requirements

Manali I Patel^{1

2

3

4}, Emily H Wood⁵, Marjory Charlot^{6

7}, Narjust Florez^{8

9}, Ysabel Duron¹⁰, Sanford E Jeames¹¹, Kekoa A Taparra¹², Ana Velazquez Manana^{13

14}, Shikha Jain¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
² Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, California, USA.
³ Medical Services, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Division of Oncology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁰ The Latino Cancer Institute, San Jose, California, USA.
¹¹ Social and Behavioral Sciences, Huton Tillotson University, Austin, Texas, USA.
¹² Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹³ Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 35913498
PMCID: PMC9538260
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34411

Do no harm: A call to action on COVID-19 and mask requirements

Manali I Patel et al. Cancer. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 1;128(19):3438-3440.

doi: 10.1002/cncr.34411. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
² Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, California, USA.
³ Medical Services, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Division of Oncology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁰ The Latino Cancer Institute, San Jose, California, USA.
¹¹ Social and Behavioral Sciences, Huton Tillotson University, Austin, Texas, USA.
¹² Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹³ Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 35913498
PMCID: PMC9538260
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34411

Abstract

The COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged physicians in all specialties over the past 2 years. Continued harms caused by policies, or lack thereof, should promote those of us in the cancer field to lead by example.

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Conflict of interest statement

Narjust Florez reports consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo Foundation of Life, Janssen Biotech, Inc, Neogenomics, and Pfizer. Ana Velazquez Manana reports fees from Johnson & Johnson Innovation; grants from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Institute of Aging; stock in Corbus Pharmaceuticals; and travel support from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The other authors made no disclosures.

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