An observational study of the demographic and treatment changes in a tertiary colorectal cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Barath Raj KumarDiwakar PandeyJitender RohilaAshwin deSouzaAvanish P SaklaniPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)
There is no standard approach to deliver cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Treatment decisions were made based on the state of affairs that COVID-19 had created during that cross-section of time and protocols were redrawn to strike a balance between the risk of death from colorectal cancer and the risk of death from COVID-19 infection.