Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on pediatric oncology care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region: A report from the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean (POEM) group.
Raya SaabAnas ObeidFatiha GachiHouda BoudiafLilit SargsyanKhulood Al-SaadTamar JavakhadzeAzim MehrvarSawsan Sati AbbasYasir Saadoon Abed Al-AgeleSalma Al-HaddadMouroge Hashim Al AniSuleiman Al-SweedanAmani Al KofideWasil JastaniahNisreen KhalifaElie BecharaMalek BaassiriPeter NounJamila El-HoudziMohammed KhattabKrishna Sagar SharmaYasser WaliNaureen MushtaqAliya BatoolMahwish FaizanMuhammad Rafie RazaMohammad NajajrehMohammed Awad Mohammed AbdallahGhada SousanKhaled M GhanemUlker KocakTezer KutlukHacı Ahmet DemirHamoud HodeishSamar MuwakkitAsim BelgaumiAbdul-Hakim Al-RawasSima JehaPublished in: Cancer (2020)
Mechanisms to approach childhood cancer treatment delivery during crises need to be re-evaluated, because treatment interruptions and delays are expected to affect patient outcomes in this otherwise largely curable disease.