2021
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06525-x
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Frequency and characteristics of advanced cancer patients with COVID + ve status among inpatient supportive care consults during the pandemic: experience from a tertiary cancer center

Abstract: Purpose There is limited literature available regards the frequency and characteristics of COVID-19 + ve status among advanced cancer patients referred to an inpatient supportive care consultation(PC) at a tertiary cancer center. Our study aimed to determine the frequency and characteristics of COVID-19 + ve cancer patients seen by PC. Methods Advanced cancer patients seen as a consult by PC between June 15 and September 25, 2020, at MD Anderson Cancer Center were eligi… Show more

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“…Within free-standing designated cancer centers, the burden of COVID-19-related illness was generally low, despite initial fears based on early experience in China. At the MD Anderson Cancer Center, only 4.8% of patients referred to inpatient palliative care were COVID-19 positive [ 57 ]. In Northern Italy, health service reorganization resulted in increased volume of cancer patients being managed at the Istituto Nazionale di Tumori, whereas COVID-positive patients were cared for at other facilities [ 7 ].…”
Section: Impact Of Covid-related Resource Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within free-standing designated cancer centers, the burden of COVID-19-related illness was generally low, despite initial fears based on early experience in China. At the MD Anderson Cancer Center, only 4.8% of patients referred to inpatient palliative care were COVID-19 positive [ 57 ]. In Northern Italy, health service reorganization resulted in increased volume of cancer patients being managed at the Istituto Nazionale di Tumori, whereas COVID-positive patients were cared for at other facilities [ 7 ].…”
Section: Impact Of Covid-related Resource Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several patients have reported decreased quality of life and depression because of the COVID‐19 epidemic (Beltran‐Aroca et al, 2021; Dhavale et al, 2020; Mishra et al, 2022; Nyblom et al, 2022; Yennurajalingam et al, 2022; Yildiz Kabak et al, 2021). This change may be related to fear of infection with COVID‐19 (Mishra et al, 2022), fear of disease progression (Yildiz Kabak et al, 2021), and fear of incomplete treatment (Dhavale et al, 2020).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%