Managing patients with hematological malignancies during COVID-19 pandemic
Sahu, Kamal Kant ; Cerny, Jan
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The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has posed an unprecedented challenge to the health care communities across the globe. As of June 17th, 2020, a total of 8,339,829 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 448,420 deaths have been reported [2]. Different parts of the world are seeing different levels of COVID-19 activity with regards to the infection rate, susceptible population, and mortality rate. The COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly evolving emergency and is a subject of regular debate and advanced research. Patients with hematological disorders and solid malignancies have special needs and oncologists are facing a compound challenge.
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Sahu KK, Cerny J. Managing patients with hematological malignancies during COVID-19 pandemic. Expert Rev Hematol. 2020 Jun 25. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2020.1787147. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32580592. Link to article on publisher's site