Additional challenges faced by cancer patients in Gaza due to COVID-19
Additional challenges faced by cancer patients in Gaza due to COVID-19
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DOI：
10.3332/ecancer.2020.ed100
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发表时间：
2020-04-22
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Davies, Elizabeth A.
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作者：
AlWaheidi, Shaymaa;Sullivan, Richard;Davies, Elizabeth A.
冲突环境中的癌症患者在获得化疗和放疗以及姑息治疗和心理社会支持方面面临重大障碍。现在，他们还面临着感染 SARS-CoV-2 新型冠状病毒的额外风险，以及 COVID-19 大流行对行动限制及其获得护理的间接影响。在这篇评论中，我们强调，尽管加沙等冲突地区的 COVID-19 负担较低，但 COVID-19 可能会导致癌症护理进一步不平等，并使巴勒斯坦癌症患者的预后较差。这是由于癌症资源本来就存在短缺，而且缺乏针对战乱环境中应对 COVID-19 的具体指南。
Cancer patients in conflict settings experience significant barriers in accessing chemotherapy and radiotherapy as well as palliative care and psychosocial support. Now they face an additional possible risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus and the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on movement restrictions and their access to care. In this commentary, we highlight that despite the low COVID-19 burden in conflict settings like Gaza, COVID-19 could lead to further inequity in cancer care and poorer outcomes for Palestinians with cancer. This is due to the pre-existing shortage in cancer resources as well as the lack of context-specific guidelines to prepare for COVID-19 in war-torn settings.