Maintaining breast cancer care in the face of COVID-19

Graphical Abstract The battle of COVID-19 is currently at different levels of intensity in each country and even each city. The authors have prepared succinct recommendations regarding the care of patients with breast cancer, divided into phases that can easily be adapted to each units' needs a...

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Published inBritish Journal of Surgery Vol. 107; no. 10; pp. 1245 - 1249
Main Authors Ng, C W Q, Tseng, M, Lim, J S J, Chan, C W
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK Oxford University Press 01.09.2020
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - complications
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Disease Management
Female
Humans
Long-Term Care - methods
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Rapid Research Communication
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine - methods
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Summary:Graphical Abstract The battle of COVID-19 is currently at different levels of intensity in each country and even each city. The authors have prepared succinct recommendations regarding the care of patients with breast cancer, divided into phases that can easily be adapted to each units' needs and resources, and stepped up or stepped down according to escalating and de-escalating circumstances. The structure can also be transposed easily to different cancer types, enabling continued provision of best standards of care despite unprecedented stressors. Graphical Abstract Surgery must go on
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ISSN:0007-1323
1365-2168
1365-2168
DOI:10.1002/bjs.11835