Primum non Nocere: How to ensure continuity of care and prevent cancer patients from being overlooked during the COVID- 19 pandemic.
Veronica AgostinelliChiara De FilippisMariangela TorniaiMarco Bruno Luigi RocchiAlessandra PagliacciGiulia RicciRosina CorsiPaolo LuziMichele CaporossiRossana BerardiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2022)
This study has shown that cancer patients valued technology-mediated follow-up visits mainly during the beginning of the pandemic because patients themselves were afraid to come to the hospital. Although telemedicine has intrinsic limitations, it is important for providing assistance and preventing cancer patients from feeling isolated during an emergency.