When COVID-19 struck, health care pivoted hard. Any unnecessary procedures or appointments were postponed. For people with cancer, that pivot was particularly shattering.
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"COVID-19 changed the face of health care in the United States virtually overnight. Oncologists were discussing with their patients whether the benefit of coming in for treatment outweighed the risk of being exposed to the virus in the health care setting," says Laila A. Gharzai, M.D., LLM, a radiation oncology resident at Michigan Medicine.
"It was a challenging shift for physicians, and we personally wanted some help navigating these conversations," she says.