Department of Hematology and Oncology, Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Health, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
Hemato-Oncology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, 123 Summer Street, Worcester, MA, 01608, USA.
Med Oncol. 2020 May 29;37(7):58. doi: 10.1007/s12032-020-01382-w.
Currently world is fighting with global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At this time of uncertainty, oncologists are struggling to provide appropriate care to cancer patients. They have to weigh risk and benefit of giving cancer treatment vs chances of getting them infected with COVID-19. As cancer patients are immunocompromised and there are high chances of exposure during hospital visits and if they get infected, outcome can be fatal. So through the column of this article, we would like to provide basic guideline in management of cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic.
目前，全球正在与 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）这一全球大流行病作斗争。在这个不确定的时期，肿瘤学家正在努力为癌症患者提供适当的护理。他们必须权衡给予癌症治疗的风险和益处与感染 COVID-19 的机会。由于癌症患者的免疫功能低下，在医院就诊期间他们有很高的感染风险，如果他们感染了，后果可能是致命的。因此，我们希望通过本文的专栏，为 COVID-19 大流行期间癌症患者的管理提供基本指南。
