Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Patients with Cancer: Experience in a Latin American Country: The ACHOCC-19 Study.
Aylen Vanessa OspinaRicardo BrugesWilliam MantillaIván Camilo TrianaPedro RamosSandra AruachanAlicia QuirogaIsabel MunevarJuan OrtizNéstor LlinásPaola PinillaHenry VargasHenry IdroboAndrea RussiRay Manneh KoppGiovanna RivasHéctor GonzálezDaniel SantaJesús InsuastyLaura BernalJorge OteroCarlos VargasJavier PachecoCarmen AlcaláPaola JiménezMilton LombanaFernando ContrerasJavier SegoviaLuis PinoJosé LobatónManuel GonzálezJavier CuelloJuliana BogoyaAngela BarreroGilberto de Lima LopesPublished in: The oncologist (2021)
This study's findings raise the need to carefully evaluate patients with metastatic cancer, in progression, and with impaired Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status to define the relevance of cancer treatment during the pandemic, consider the risk/benefit of the interventions, and establish clear and complete communication with the patients and their families about the risk of complications. There is also the importance of offering additional support to patients with low income and residence in rural areas so that they can have more support during cancer treatment.