Perspectives, fears and expectations of patients with gynaecological cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Pan-European study of the European Network of Gynaecological Cancer Advocacy Groups (ENGAGe).
Murat GultekinSertac AkAli AyhanAleksandra StrojnaAndrei PletnevAnna FagottiAnna Myriam PerroneB Emre ErzeneogluB Esat TemizBirthe LemleyBurcu SoyakCathy HughesDavid CibulaDimitrios HaidopoulosDonal BrennanEdoardo ColaElzbieta van der Steen-BanasikEsra UrkmezHuseyin AkilliIgnacio ZapardielIcó TóthJalid SehouliKamil ZalewskiKiarash BahremandLuis ChivaMansoor Raza MirzaMaria PapageorgiouNovak ZoltanPetra AdámkováPhilippe MoriceSonia Garrido-MallachUtku AkgorVasilis TheodoulidisZafer ArikKarina D SteffensenChristina FotopoulouPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
Gynaecological cancer patients expressed significant anxiety about progression of their disease due to modifications of care related to the COVID-19 pandemic and wished to pursue their treatment as planned despite the associated risks. Healthcare professionals should take this into consideration when making decisions that impact patients care in times of crisis and to develop initiatives to improve patients' communication and education.