Learning through a pandemic: the current state of knowledge on COVID-19 and cancer

A Elkrief, JT Wu, C Jani, KT Enriquez, M Glover… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left patients with current
or past history of cancer facing disparate consequences at every stage of the cancer …

The effects of COVID-19 on cancer care provision: a systematic review

S Alom, CM Chiu, A Jha, SHD Lai, THL Yau… - Cancer …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This systematic review aims to gather primary data from cancer institutions that have
implemented changes to cancer service provision amid the COVID-19 outbreak to inform …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer patients and COVID-19: Mortality, serious complications, biomarkers, and ways forward

K Gupta, S Gandhi, A Mebane III, A Singh… - Cancer Treatment and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has particularly serious consequences for
cancer patients, as they are at high risk for severe complications and mortality due to the …

COVID‐19 and access to cancer care in Kenya: patient perspective

S Umar, A Chybisov, K McComb… - … journal of cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 disruptions severely impacted access to health services for noncommunicable
diseases, including cancer, but few studies have examined patient perspectives of COVID …

Containment of COVID-19 and reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections through a multi-tiered infection control strategy

LE Wee, I Venkatachalam, XYJ Sim, KBK Tan… - Infection, Disease & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare-associated transmission
of respiratory viral infections (RVI) is a concern. To reduce the impact of SARS-CoV-2 and …

One Year on: An overview of Singapore's response to COVID-19—What we did, how we fared, how we can move forward

SV Anand, YK Shuy, PSS Lee, ES Lee - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background—One year has passed since the first COVID-19 case in Singapore. This
scoping review commemorates Singaporean researchers that have expanded the …

Unsupervised home-based exercise for rural frail elderly: an evidence-based case-report

G Lazarus, CH Soejono - Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To summarize the literature investigating the efficacy of unsupervised home-based exercise
(UHBE) in managing rural community-dwelling pre-frail and frail elders, we searched …

[PDF][PDF] World Cancer Day 2021: Remembering the ongoing cancer pandemic

WYK Hwang, T Khoo - Ann Acad Med Singap, 2021 - annals.edu.sg
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm, affecting millions of lives, plundering
multiple economies and dramatically changing our way of life. By 8 March 2021, the World …

[HTML][HTML] Preparing for the Next Pandemic: An Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance (ANCCA) Initiative

L Gatellier, SK Ong, T Matsuda, N Ramlee… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-pandemic has shown significant impact on cancer care from early detection,
management plan to clinical outcomes of cancer patients. The Asian National Cancer …

Oncology workload in a tertiary hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Chiang, V Yang, S Han, Q Zhuang… - Proceedings of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Workload in oncology during a pandemic is expected to increase as manpower
is shunted to other areas of need in combating the pandemic. This increased workload …