Tele-oncology in the COVID-19 Era: The Way Forward?

Manasi Mahesh Shirke; Safwan Ahmed Shaikh; Amer Harky

doi:10.1016/j.trecan.2020.05.013

Tele-oncology in the COVID-19 Era: The Way Forward?

Trends Cancer. 2020 Jul;6(7):547-549. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.05.013. Epub 2020 May 27.

Authors

Manasi Mahesh Shirke¹, Safwan Ahmed Shaikh¹, Amer Harky²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, School of Medicine, Belfast, UK.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: aaharky@gmail.com.

Abstract

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the care of cancer patients. Thus, tele-oncology has become a necessity to improve cancer care. Several organisations have issued guidelines for its use during COVID-19. Despite certain shortcomings, tele-oncology has great potential to help cancer patients during COVID-19 and in the future.

Keywords: COVID-19; cancer; tele-oncology; telemedicine.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Neoplasms / therapy*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Telemedicine / methods*