Medical Oncology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco.
Cancer Control. 2020 Jul-Aug;27(3):1073274820941973. doi: 10.1177/1073274820941973.
The world is facing the pandemic linked to COVID-19 virus infection that has rapidly spread worldwide, and severe complications have been reported to occur in around a third of patients. To date, there is no approved vaccine or specific therapy against COVID-19, but many trials are ongoing with some of them showing promising results. It has been shown recently that patients with cancer are at high risk of infection and they are more susceptible to develop severe events such as the necessity of invasive ventilation and death. Therefore, this crisis presents a real challenge for health systems especially in low- and middle-income countries where the health systems are already fragile such as African countries. In this article, we describe the epidemiological situation of the infection in Morocco and the different challenges in cancer centers in the era of COVID-19, in addition to various strategies that have been implemented to prevent and control the infection spread in oncological units in order to ensure the continuation of adequate cancer care.
世界正面临着与 COVID-19 病毒感染相关的大流行，该病毒已在全球范围内迅速传播，并据报道约有三分之一的患者出现严重并发症。迄今为止，尚无针对 COVID-19 的获批疫苗或特效疗法，但许多试验正在进行中，其中一些试验显示出有希望的结果。最近有研究表明，癌症患者感染的风险很高，他们更容易发生严重事件，例如需要进行有创通气和死亡。因此，这场危机对卫生系统构成了真正的挑战，尤其是在卫生系统已经脆弱的中低收入国家，例如非洲国家。在本文中，我们描述了摩洛哥的感染流行情况以及 COVID-19 时代癌症中心面临的不同挑战，以及为了防止和控制肿瘤病房的感染传播而实施的各种策略，以确保癌症护理的连续性。
