Sina-Odunsi Ayobami Jadesola
All Saints University College of Medicine, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021 Nov;2:100191. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100191. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected healthcare services in many ways, such as interruption of regular patient visit to clinical facilities and burdening of the already limited healthcare resources. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, cancer has been one of the leading causes of deaths in the United States. While the regular care and access disruptions associated with the COVID-19 outbreak have received increasing attention in many areas, the range of gaps in oncology practice and research is not fully understood or well documented. Nonetheless, the global outbreak continues to unevenly affect the wealthiest and best-resourced country in the world and complicates response to other health issues. The aim of this study is to comment on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncology practice and research in the United States.
新冠疫情在许多方面影响了医疗服务,比如常规患者前往临床机构就诊受到干扰,且本就有限的医疗资源负担加重。在新冠疫情出现之前,癌症一直是美国主要的死因之一。虽然新冠疫情引发的常规护理和医疗服务中断在许多领域日益受到关注,但肿瘤学实践和研究中的差距范围尚未得到充分理解或详细记录。尽管如此,这场全球疫情仍在不均衡地影响着世界上最富有且资源最充足的国家,并使应对其他健康问题变得更加复杂。本研究的目的是评论新冠疫情对美国肿瘤学实践和研究的影响。