Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(8):2591-2599. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08563-x. Epub 2020 May 29.
The global pandemic of respiratory disease cause by the novel human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has caused untold suffering, loss of life and upheaval in society. The pandemic has lead to massive redirection of health care resources to treat the surge of COVID-19 patients, and enforcement of social distancing to reduce the rate of transmission.
Editorial Board members provided observations of the implications of the pandemic on academic surgical oncology.
Delivery of health care to other populations including cancer patients has been significantly disrupted. The implications both short term and long term threaten preservation of the academic mission in medicine at large, and certainly in the field of surgical oncology.
The effects on surgical oncology training, research and clinical trials are major.
由新型人类冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)引起的全球呼吸道疾病大流行造成了难以言喻的痛苦、生命损失和社会动荡。大流行导致大量重新调配医疗资源来治疗 COVID-19 患者的激增,并实施社会隔离以降低传播速度。
编委会成员观察了大流行对学术外科肿瘤学的影响。
为包括癌症患者在内的其他人群提供医疗服务受到严重干扰。无论是短期还是长期来看,这些影响都威胁着医学整体,当然也威胁着外科肿瘤学领域的学术使命的保存。
对外科肿瘤学培训、研究和临床试验的影响是重大的。