TY - JOUR
T1 - Systemic Treatment of Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers During the COVID-19 Outbreak: COVID-19-adapted Recommendations of the National Cancer Institute of Milan.
AU - Pietrantonio, Filippo
AU - Morano, Federica
AU - Niger, Monica
AU - Corallo, Salvatore
AU - Antista, Maria
AU - Raimondi, Alessandra
AU - Prisciandaro, Michele
AU - Pagani, Filippo
AU - Prinzi, Natalie
AU - Nichetti, Federico
AU - Randon, Giovanni
AU - Torchio, Martina
AU - Corti, Francesca
AU - Ambrosini, Margherita
AU - Palermo, Federica
AU - Palazzo, Michele
AU - Biamonte, Lavinia
AU - Platania, Marco
AU - Sposito, Carlo
AU - Cosimelli, Maurizio
AU - Mazzaferro, Vincenzo
AU - Pusceddu, Sara
AU - Cremolini, Chiara
AU - de Braud, Filippo
AU - Di Bartolomeo, Maria
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak poses a major challenge in the treatment decision-making of patients with cancer, who may be at higher risk of developing a severe and deadly SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with the general population. The health care emergency is forcing the reshaping of the daily assessment between risks and benefits expected from the administration of immune-suppressive and potentially toxic treatments. To guide our clinical decisions at the National Cancer Institute of Milan (Lombardy region, the epicenter of the outbreak in Italy), we formulated Coronavirus-adapted institutional recommendations for the systemic treatment of patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Here, we describe how our daily clinical practice has changed due to the pandemic outbreak, with the aim of providing useful suggestions for physicians that are facing the same challenges worldwide.
AB - The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak poses a major challenge in the treatment decision-making of patients with cancer, who may be at higher risk of developing a severe and deadly SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with the general population. The health care emergency is forcing the reshaping of the daily assessment between risks and benefits expected from the administration of immune-suppressive and potentially toxic treatments. To guide our clinical decisions at the National Cancer Institute of Milan (Lombardy region, the epicenter of the outbreak in Italy), we formulated Coronavirus-adapted institutional recommendations for the systemic treatment of patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Here, we describe how our daily clinical practice has changed due to the pandemic outbreak, with the aim of providing useful suggestions for physicians that are facing the same challenges worldwide.
M3 - Article
JO - Clinical Colorectal Cancer
JF - Clinical Colorectal Cancer
SN - 1533-0028
IS - 3
ER -