Cancer patients are a particularly vulnerable population. Recent data suggests that cancer
patients have a higher incidence of COVID-19 and experience more severe disease than …

Current evidence suggest COVID-19 consequences are more severe in cancer patients who
have a weakened immune system. 1 Cancer care delivery should remain robust in view of …

The COVID-19 pandemic reportedly resulted in a massive decrease in surgical activities.
These changes were particularly pronounced during the early days of the pandemic and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed and continues to pose unprecedented challenges for
patients, oncologists as well as the health care systems across the world [1]. The Surgical …

Conclusion We would like to stress the importance of the MDT [1] and how every institution
should make available a software of virtual meeting in order to continue with the …

As we approach the third year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is
important to reflect and remember the tremendous sacrifices that hospital and healthcare …

Many countries and regions have reduced cancer diagnostics and surgery in order to
reallocate resources to treating COVID-19 patients and to avoid risk of infection for cancer …

In May 2023, the WHO declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency. 1
Although not yet endemic, eradication of COVID-19 is currently unlikely given the lack of …

As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches peak incidence in many areas, recovery and
emergence plans including the re-initiation of surgical cases are underway. The first …

Historically, humans as a species have been cyclically affected by pandemics that, mostly,
derive from other species as a consequence of ecosystem breakdowns (1). More recently …