Cancer Patient Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Audit of a Single-Surgeon Unit in a COVID-Hotspot

Laleh Busheri; Smeeta Nare; Rituja Banale; Ashwini Bapat; Moushumi Nagarkar; Deepali Vetale; Rebecca Joseph; Swapnil Suryawanshi; Rashmi Alhat; George Thomas; Ruth Navgire; Danish Ansari; Rohini Unde; Shahin Shaikh; Nutan Gangurde; Santosh Dixit; Beenu Varghese; Chetan Deshmukh; Devaki A. Kelkar; Madhura Kulkarni; Chaitanyanand B. Koppiker

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Cancer Patient Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Audit of a Single-Surgeon Unit in a COVID-Hotspot

Laleh Busheri, Smeeta Nare, Rituja Banale, Ashwini Bapat, Moushumi Nagarkar, Deepali Vetale, Rebecca Joseph, Swapnil Suryawanshi, Rashmi Alhat, George Thomas, Ruth Navgire, Danish Ansari, Rohini Unde, Shahin Shaikh, Nutan Gangurde, Santosh Dixit, Beenu Varghese, Chetan Deshmukh, Devaki A. Kelkar, Madhura KulkarniChaitanyanand B. Koppiker

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The report evaluates the effect of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on breast cancer treatment and management at a single-surgeon cancer care unit in one of the hotspots of COVID-19 in India. In response to the pandemic, the adjustments were made in the clinical practice to accommodate social distancing. Patient consultations were done over phone call or in-clinic visit with prior appointment to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19. Total number of patients that were treated at the clinic and the essential surgeries performed during the pandemic phases are summarized in the report. The methodology adopted here for care and management of the cancer patients can serve as a guiding principle for cancer care units in the country.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	39-41
Number of pages	3
Journal	South Asian Journal of Cancer
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1731578
State	Published - Aug 21 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic
breast cancer
cancer treatment and management

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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Busheri, L., Nare, S., Banale, R., Bapat, A., Nagarkar, M., Vetale, D., Joseph, R., Suryawanshi, S., Alhat, R., Thomas, G., Navgire, R., Ansari, D., Unde, R., Shaikh, S., Gangurde, N., Dixit, S., Varghese, B., Deshmukh, C., Kelkar, D. A., ... Koppiker, C. B. (2021). Cancer Patient Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Audit of a Single-Surgeon Unit in a COVID-Hotspot. South Asian Journal of Cancer, 10(1), 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1731578

Busheri, L, Nare, S, Banale, R, Bapat, A, Nagarkar, M, Vetale, D, Joseph, R, Suryawanshi, S, Alhat, R, Thomas, G, Navgire, R, Ansari, D, Unde, R, Shaikh, S, Gangurde, N, Dixit, S, Varghese, B, Deshmukh, C, Kelkar, DA, Kulkarni, M & Koppiker, CB 2021, 'Cancer Patient Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Audit of a Single-Surgeon Unit in a COVID-Hotspot', South Asian Journal of Cancer, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1731578

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