Rakhsha Afshin, Azghandi Samira, Taghizadeh-Hesary Farzad
Clinical Oncology Department, Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Infect Chemother. 2020 Dec;52(4):496-502. doi: 10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.496. Epub 2020 Nov 27.
To provide a step-by-step approach to chemotherapy (CTx) in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The COVID-19 pandemic is the current global issue resulting in vast health implications. Amid the COVID-19 era, special attention must be paid to at-risk groups, including patients with cancer. To our knowledge, there is a paucity of data on the decision for CTx during the pandemic. We herein provide practical recommendations on the CTx of cancer patients over the pandemic based on our experience in an educational hospital. The decision on CTx should be considered to be individualized based on clinical findings. We hope that our experience provides a practical guide for clinical oncologists to deliver more effective cancer care over the COVID-19 pandemic.
提供2019年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情期间化疗（CTx）的分步方法。COVID-19大流行是当前的全球问题，对健康产生了巨大影响。在COVID-19疫情期间，必须特别关注包括癌症患者在内的高危人群。据我们所知，关于疫情期间CTx决策的数据很少。在此，我们根据在一家教学医院的经验，就疫情期间癌症患者的CTx提供实用建议。应根据临床发现考虑CTx决策个体化。我们希望我们的经验能为临床肿瘤学家在COVID-19大流行期间提供更有效的癌症护理提供实用指南。
