Cancer patient management during COVID-19

Cancer patient management during COVID-19 & risks Oncologists face during treatment: Dr. Purvish Parikh

is the Group Oncology Director & Prof. of Medical Oncology at Shalby Hospitals, Ahmedabad

M3 India Newsdesk Mar 28, 2020

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Dr. Purvish Parikh answers questions pertaining to the risks and survival of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the toll it has taken on Oncologists.

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Q1. Do cancer patients with COVID-19 infection have poorer survival?

Wenhua Liang, Weijie Guan, Ruchong Chen et al have published in Lancet Oncology that patients with cancer are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection, increasing the chance of requiring hospital admission and have poorer survival - when compared to people without cancer. [1]