Ethan Basch, MD, MSc., chief of the division of oncology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has detailed cancer treatment guidance to balance cancer patients’ treatment and infection risk in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In JAMA, Basch and co-authors describe a framework for physicians making cancer care decisions amid the pandemic.
“Oncology care providers care deeply about patients,” Basch said. “We have strived to retain the humanity and compassion of practice despite the new barriers between us of masks and telemedicine. We won’t know for a long time what the impact of practice changes were during this time, but we hope the ultimate result will be protecting patients with minimal harms to outcomes.”
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