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  • To inform about the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients, a literature review was carried out, using the descriptors \'COVID-19,\' \'SARS-CoV-2,\' \'Oncology,\' and \'Coronavirus,\' in the Pubmed, Sciencedirect, and Scifinder databases. Fifty-three articles were included after analyzing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, being divided into five sessions: Epidemiological aspects of COVID-19; Pathophysiology of COVID-19; Clinical aspects of cancer patients; Risks to cancer patients infected with COVID-19; and Care for cancer patients amid a pandemic. The cancer patient has a weakened immune system, due to characteristics specific to the development of cancer or even chemotherapy, leaving these patients more susceptible to infections by COVID-19. Thus, the development of protection plans for cancer patients should be encouraged, reducing the exposure of these patients to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, contributing to the maintenance of the health of the cancer patient, and avoiding possible therapeutic complications that can lead the patient to death.
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?:doi
  • 10.1111/ajco.13445
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  • Asia-Pacific_journal_of_clinical_oncology
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  • unk
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?:pmid
  • 32970923
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  • Medline
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  • Impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients: A review.
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?:year
  • 2020-09-24

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