Optimizing the Management of Cancer Patients Treated With Systemic Therapies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The New Role of PCR and CT Scan

Alessandro A. Viansone; Alessandro A. Viansone; Samy Ammari; Laurent Dercle; Monica Arnedos

doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.560585

Frontiers in Oncology (May 2021)

Optimizing the Management of Cancer Patients Treated With Systemic Therapies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The New Role of PCR and CT Scan

Alessandro A. Viansone,
Alessandro A. Viansone,
Samy Ammari,
Laurent Dercle,
Monica Arnedos

Affiliations

Alessandro A. Viansone: Breast Unit, Department of Medicine, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
Alessandro A. Viansone: Breast Unit–Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Samy Ammari: Radiology Department, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
Laurent Dercle: Radiology Department, Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, United States
Monica Arnedos: Breast Unit, Department of Medicine, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.560585
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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In late 2019 and early 2020, the world witnessed the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 (also referred as COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. Its rapid expansion worldwide and its contagiousness rate have forced the activation of several measures to contain the pandemic, mostly through confinement and identification of infected patients and potential contacts by testing.

Published in Frontiers in Oncology

ISSN: 2234-943X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/

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