School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun;17(6):329-331. doi: 10.1038/s41571-020-0370-6.
Health-care services are rapidly transforming their organization and workforce in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These changes, and a desire to mitigate infection risk, are having profound effects on other vital aspects of care, including the care of patients with cancer. Difficult decisions are being made regarding the prioritization of both active treatments and palliative care, despite limited evidence that cancer is an independent risk factor for infection and mortality.
医疗保健服务正在迅速调整其组织和劳动力,以应对 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行。这些变化以及减轻感染风险的愿望,对护理的其他重要方面产生了深远的影响,包括癌症患者的护理。尽管有限的证据表明癌症是感染和死亡的独立危险因素,但仍在做出关于积极治疗和姑息治疗的优先级的艰难决策。