From the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
Cancer J. 2022;28(2):107-110. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000586.
A multidisciplinary panel of experts convened to review the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in the United States as part of a symposium convened by the National Cancer Policy Forum in July 2021.
Representatives from the cancer care community, patients, infection prevention, and a government agency provided insight into key elements of the response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in the United States in 2020.
Multiple stakeholders worked quickly to adapt to provide seamless care to cancer patients with considerable success despite the profound uncertainties that faced us in the early days of the pandemic.
The experiences of the early days of COVID-19 in the cancer community led to key recommendations toward the goal of preparing for the next major disruption to cancer care. These include increasing competency in emergent technologies, rapid communication, engagement of all key stakeholders in policy decisions, ensuring emergency preparedness, and advocating for permanent regulatory changes to minimize barriers to enable a unified cancer community to provide effective and readily accessible cancer care.
一个多学科专家小组应美国国家癌症政策论坛（National Cancer Policy Forum）的邀请，于 2021 年 7 月召开专题研讨会，审议了 COVID-19 大流行对美国癌症护理的早期影响。
癌症护理界、患者、感染预防和政府机构的代表提供了 2020 年美国应对 COVID-19 大流行及其对癌症护理影响的关键要素的深入见解。
尽管在大流行早期面临着巨大的不确定性，但多个利益攸关方迅速采取行动，成功地为癌症患者提供了无缝护理。
癌症社区在 COVID-19 早期的经验导致了朝着为下一次重大癌症护理中断做准备的目标提出了关键建议。这些建议包括提高新兴技术的能力、快速沟通、让所有主要利益攸关方参与政策决策、确保应急准备，以及倡导永久性监管改革，以尽量减少障碍，使统一的癌症社区能够提供有效和易于获得的癌症护理。
