Terashima Takeshi
Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa General Hospital.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2020 Dec;47(12):1653-1656.
During the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), there was a shortage of medical staff and resources, intensive care unit, ventilator, and personal protective equipment such as mask and gown due to an urgent increases in the numbers of infected and severe patients. Limitation and/or postpone of visit, examination, and procedure have been forced due to spreads of infection in hospitals. There have been cases where patients with cancer hesitate to visit hospital because they are afraid of being infected. To achieve 2 difficult purposes simultaneously, preventing the spread of infection and performing necessary cancer treatment safely, guidelines based on update evidence have been opened. Working group for COVID-19 was set up by cancer-associated 3 societies, including Japanese Cancer Association, Japan Society of Clinical Oncology, and Japanese Society of Medical Oncology. Q&A on COVID-19 for patients and Q&A on COVID-19 for medical staffs(version 2)made by the working group have been put on the homepages of the 3 societies. Guidelines based on updated information should be opened for medical facilities to give safe care and for people to achieve medical care without worry.
在2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，由于感染患者和重症患者数量急剧增加，医护人员和资源、重症监护病房、呼吸机以及口罩和防护服等个人防护装备出现短缺。由于医院内感染的传播，就诊、检查和治疗被迫受到限制和/或推迟。出现了癌症患者因害怕被感染而不愿去医院就诊的情况。为了同时实现防止感染传播和安全进行必要的癌症治疗这两个艰巨目标，基于最新证据的指南已经发布。由日本癌症协会、日本临床肿瘤学会和日本医学肿瘤学会等3个癌症相关学会成立了COVID-19工作组。该工作组制作的患者版COVID-19问答和医护人员版COVID-19问答（第2版）已发布在这3个学会的网站上。应发布基于最新信息的指南，以便医疗机构提供安全护理，让人们放心就医。
