دورية أكاديمية
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on cancer immunotherapy in Italy: a survey of young oncologists.
| العنوان: | Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on cancer immunotherapy in Italy: a survey of young oncologists. |
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| المؤلفون: | Ottaviano, M, Curvietto, M, Rescigno, P, Tortora, M, Palmieri, G, Giannarelli, D, Aieta, M, Assalone, P, Attademo, L, Avallone, A, Bloise, F, Bosso, D, Borzillo, V, Buono, G, Calderoni, G, Caputo, F, Cartenì, G, Cavallero, D, Cavo, A, Ciardiello, F, Conca, R, Conteduca, V, De Falco, S, De Felice, M, De Laurentiis, M, De Placido, P, De Placido, S, De Santo, I, De Stefano, A, Della Corte, CM, Di Franco, R, Di Lauro, V, Fabbrocini, A, Federico, P, Festino, L, Giordano, P, Giuliano, M, Gridelli, C, Grimaldi, AM, Lia, M, Marretta, AL, Massa, V, Mennitto, A, Merler, S, Merz, V, Messina, C, Messina, M, Milano, M, Minisini, AM, Montesarchio, V, Morabito, A, Morgillo, F, Mucci, B, Nappi, L, Napolitano, F, Paciolla, I, Pagliuca, M, Parola, S, Pepe, S, Petrillo, A, Piantedosi, F, Piccin, L, Picozzi, F, Pietroluongo, E, Pignata, S, Prati, V, Riccio, V, Rosanova, M, Rossi, A, Russo, A, Salati, M, Santabarbara, G, Sbrana, A, Simeone, E, Silvestri, A, Spada, M, Tarantino, P, Taveggia, P, Tomei, F, Vincenzo, T, Trapani, D, Trojanello, C, Vanella, V, Vari, S, Ventriglia, J, Vitale, MG, Vitiello, F, Vivaldi, C, von Arx, C, Zacchi, F, Zampiva, I, Zivi, A, Daniele, B, Ascierto, PA, SCITO (Società Campana di ImmunoTerapia Oncologica) |
| المساهمون: | Rescigno, Pasquale |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR): Publications Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | SCITO (Società Campana di ImmunoTerapia Oncologica), Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Neoplasms, Prevalence, Medical Oncology, Infection Control, Geography, Adult, Italy, Female, Male, Drug Prescriptions, Pandemics, CTLA-4 Antigen, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor, Time-to-Treatment, Surveys and Questionnaires, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Oncologists, Betacoronavirus, Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological, B7-H1 Antigen, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 |
| الوصف: | BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed the health systems worldwide. Data regarding the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients (CPs) undergoing or candidate for immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are lacking. We depicted the practice and adaptations in the management of patients with solid tumors eligible or receiving ICIs during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a special focus on Campania region. METHODS: This survey (25 questions), promoted by the young section of SCITO (Società Campana di ImmunoTerapia Oncologica) Group, was circulated among Italian young oncologists practicing in regions variously affected by the pandemic: high (group 1), medium (group 2) and low (group 3) prevalence of SARS-CoV-2-positive patients. For Campania region, the physician responders were split into those working in cancer centers (CC), university hospitals (UH) and general hospitals (GH). Percentages of agreement, among High (H) versus Medium (M) and versus Low (L) group for Italy and among CC, UH and GH for Campania region, were compared by using Fisher's exact tests for dichotomous answers and χ2 test for trends relative to the questions with 3 or more options. RESULTS: This is the first Italian study to investigate the COVID-19 impact on cancer immunotherapy, unique in its type and very clear in the results. The COVID-19 pandemic seemed not to affect the standard practice in the prescription and delivery of ICIs in Italy. Telemedicine was widely used. There was high consensus to interrupt immunotherapy in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients and to adopt ICIs with longer schedule interval. The majority of the responders tended not to delay the start of ICIs; there were no changes in supportive treatments, but some of the physicians opted for delaying surgeries (if part of patients' planned treatment approach). The results from responders in Campania did not differ significantly from the national ones. CONCLUSION: Our study highlights the efforts of Italian oncologists to maintain high standards of care ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | Print; application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2051-1426 |
| العلاقة: | Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020, 8 (2); https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/4346Test |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jitc-2020-001154 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-001154Test https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/4346Test |
| حقوق: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.CD37732 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20511426 |
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| DOI: | 10.1136/jitc-2020-001154 |