Caring for older patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) global perspective
Caring for older patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) global perspective
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10.1016/j.jgo.2020.05.001
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
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3
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Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Enrique
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作者：
Desideri, Isacco;Pilleron, Sophie;Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Enrique
持续的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行影响了180多个地区的数百万人，对全球医疗系统造成重大影响。老年人以及癌症患者似乎特别容易受到COVID-19相关发病率和死亡率的影响，这意味着老年癌症患者是一个特别高风险的人群。这导致老年肿瘤学家为老年患者提供护理的方式发生了重大变化，包括实施新的临床访视方法，中断或延迟程序，以及在治疗和姑息治疗环境中修改治疗策略。在这份手稿中，我们提供了来自欧洲，美洲和亚洲国家的老年肿瘤学提供者的观点的全球概述，关于在COVID-19大流行期间为老年癌症患者继续提供高质量护理的适应性策略。通过这些观点，我们试图表明，尽管每个国家和环境都有具体的问题，但在这些困难时期为老年癌症患者提供护理时，我们都面临着类似的挑战。(C)2020爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected millions of people in over 180 territories, causing a significant impact on healthcare systems globally. Older adults, as well as people living with cancer, appear to be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality, which means that older adults with cancer are an especially high-risk population. This has led to significant changes in the way geriatric oncologists provide care to older patients, including the implementation of novel methods for clinical visits, interruptions or delays in procedures, and modification of therapeutic strategies, both in the curative and palliative settings. In this manuscript, we provide a global overview of the perspectives of geriatric oncology providers from countries across Europe, America, and Asia, regarding the adaptive strategies utilized to continue providing high quality care for older patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through these perspectives, we attempt to show that, although each country and setting has specific issues, we all face similar challenges when providing care for our older patients with cancer during these difficult times. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.