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Review
. 2023 Mar 15;11(3):667.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines11030667.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Malignancy Diagnosis and Treatment: Never the Same but Lessons Learned

Ghadir K Katato  1   2 , Prasiksha Sitaula  1   2 , Avanti Gupte  1   2   3 , Eman T Al-Antary  1   2   3
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Review

The Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Malignancy Diagnosis and Treatment: Never the Same but Lessons Learned

Ghadir K Katato et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic affected the pediatric oncology population globally. Over the course of 2 years, increasing reports have been made to better understand this entity and its pathologic complications on these patients. The pandemic has allowed healthcare providers, hospital systems, and leading oncologic societies to quickly adapt and formulate new guidelines for the effective understanding, management, and treatment of patients with pediatric malignancy.

Keywords: COVID-19; diagnosis; epidemiology; management; oncology; pediatric.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Schematic summarization of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric oncology diagnosis and management. * details in Section 6 entitled Management of the Malignancy during COVID-19.
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Demonstration of the two-hit hypothesis and COVID-19 can play a role in the second hit.
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