Vol 5 No S1 (2020): Oncology Practices amid COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic has affected healthcare services across the globe and cancer care delivery is not an exception. Global lockdown has largely changed the cancer care practice from hospital visits to teleconsultations to check the spread of novel coronavirus 2019 as cancer patients are more susceptible to any infection than other individuals because of their systemic immunosuppressive state caused by the malignancy and anticancer treatments.

There have been many important issues to be addressed as far as cancer care delivery in amid COVID-19 pandemic is concerned. We have recorded a very high number of submission related to cancer management and COVID-19 but it is very difficult to accommodate all the manuscript on similar topic respecting the diversity of our journal. Cancer care is in limbo as patients are unable to reach to hospital in view of imposed travel restrictions. As this disease is very new, there is a paucity of data on experience of cancer management in this crisis from different countries and most of the data are emerging from China.

Thus, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care (APJCC) has come up with a special issue titled “Oncology practices amidst COVID-19 pandemic” to get better insight of the problem in different countries.

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Oncology Practices amid COVID-19

Editorial

Healthcare Systems Need to be Organized to Fight two Pandemics Simultaneously

Partha Basu (Author)

1-3 | published: 2020-07-01

View Points in Oncology: Guiding Cancer Care in Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

Abhishek Shankar (Author)

5-8 | published: 2020-07-17

Original Research

Guidance for Facing Dilemmas of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Clinicians in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Iranian Consensus

Seied Asadollah Mousavi, Sorosh Rad, Tahereh Rostami, Mohammad Vaezi, Hosein Kamranzadeh, Davood Babakhani, Sahar Tavakoli, Maryam Barkhordar, Tanaz Bahri, Amirabbas Hedayatiasl, Azadeh Kiumarsi (Author)

15-18 | published: 2020-07-01

Advanced Lung Cancer Survival in Times of Economic Hardship: A Greek Paradigm

Konstantinos Miltiadou, Ioannis Kalantzis, Maria Paraskeva, Zisimangelos Solomos, Angeliki Tsifi, Dimitrios Theodoridis, Elena Riza, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Christos Kosmas (Author)

19-25 | published: 2020-08-14

An Asian Perspective of the Management of COVID-19: the Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance Led Regional Comparison

Luh Komang Mela Dewi, Laureline Gatellier, Kanaga Sabapathy, C S Pramesh, Min Dai, Tran Thanh Huong, Murat Gultekin, Erdenekhuu Nansalmaa, Khin Khin Htwe, Aasim Yusuf, Mamak Tahmasebi, Kishore Kumar Pradhananga, Jong Bae Park, Suhaila Md Hanapiah, Suleeporn Sangrajran, Rajendra Prasad Baral, Achmad Mulawarman Jayusman, Satoshi Iwata, Jin Wei Kwek, Manju Sengar, Girish Chinnaswamy, Jie He, Gu Tian, Phung Thi Huyen, Tran Van Thuan, Bayarsaikhan Luvsanjodorj, Yi Yi Myint, June Young Chun, Jong Soo Han, William Ying Khee Hwang, Nina Kemala Sari, Tomohiro Matsuda (Author)

27-42 | published: 2020-08-24

Cancer Patient Satisfaction and Perception of Chemotherapy Services During COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Java, Indonesia

Yan Wisnu Prajoko, Tommy Supit (Author)

43-50 | published: 2020-08-25

Patterns of Care of Gallbladder Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience of Tertiary Care Centre at Patna, India

Dharmendra Singh, Pritanjali Singh, Avik Mandal, Amrita Rakesh, Manika Verma (Author)

51-57 | published: 2020-08-29

Review and Meta-analysis

COVID-19 in Immunosuppressed and Cancer Patients: A review

Shirin Haghighat, Mehdi Dehghani (Author)

69-73 | published: 2020-07-01

A Comprehensive Review on the Working of a Radiation Oncology Facility During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Adapting it for South Asian Settings

Kunhi Haresh, Yousra Izzuddeen, Anil Gupta, Narendra Kumar, Devangana Bora, Jagadesan Pandjatcharam, Amit Bahl, Umesh Velu, Subhash Pandit, Krishnanunni Vijayakumar Ajitha, Khan Mohammad Masud Rana, Lakshman Obeysekara, Subhash Gupta, Goura Kishor Rath (Author)

75-81 | published: 2020-07-01

Cancer Pain Management in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: Concerns and Adaptation Strategies

Seema Mishra, Swagata Biswas, Raghav Gupta (Author)

83-94 | published: 2020-08-24

Tally Education in Covid-19 Era: Impact on Health, Cancer Care and Education Sectors

Sunishtha Singh Yadav, Jayant Soni, Shalini Porwal, Vandana Chauhan (Author)

95-99 | published: 2020-09-26

Challenges Encountered in Cancer Care and Management During Covid-19 in South Asian Countries

Sunishtha Singh Yadav, Maryam Zain, Pragati Sahai (Author)

101-107 | published: 2020-09-26

Dilemma and Strategies Amidst Nationwide Covid-19 Lockdown for Lung Cancer Management

Chandrashekhar Choudhari, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Wasimul Hoda, Sunil Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Abhishek Shankar (Author)

109-112 | published: 2021-01-13

Short Communication

Cancer Care Challenges in COVID-19 Pandemic: A prospective from Tertiary Cancer Centre in Eastern India

Anup Kumar, Rashmi Singh, Rajanigandha Tudu, Praveer Munda (Author)

121-122 | published: 2020-08-14

Make Self-help Psychoeducational Programs for Breast Cancer Patients COVID-19 Proof

Jan Passchier, Hari Setyowibowo, Joke AM Hunfeld, Aulia Iskandarsyah, Whisnu Yudiana, Sawitri S. Sadarjoen, Fransisca D. Badudu, Yusuf Heriady, Drajat R Suardi (Author)

123-125 | published: 2020-08-24

Cancer Immunotherapy and COVID-19: Mind the Gap

Abhijit Chakraborty, Upasana Roy, Abhishek Shankar, Aalekhya Biswas, Faisal Aziz (Author)

213-218 | published: 2020-08-24

Managing Cancer Center During the SARS-COVID-19 Pandemic: Moroccan Experience

Nouama Bouanani*, Mounia Bendari, Asmaa Naim*, Maryam Ahnach, Safa Darouich, Nabil Ismaili, Kamal Doghmi (Author)

219-223 | published: 2020-08-24

Hitting the Pause Button: The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Prevention, Screening and Treatment Access in Indonesia

Belinda Rina Marie Spagnoletti, Hanum Atikasari, Linda Rae Bennett, Henny M.A.R. Putri, Miranda Rachellina, Ardhina Ramania (Author)

255-257 | published: 2020-11-14

Case series

Transmutation of Spiritual Credence During COVID-19 Era in Cancer Patients: A Case Series

Seema Mishra, Raghav Gupta, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Swagata Biswas (Author)

129-132 | published: 2020-08-14

Position paper

Cancer Care and COVID-19 Pandemic: Coping with a Double Challenge

Firdous Barbhuiya (Author)

225-227 | published: 2020-08-24

Perspectives and View Points

Zinc Supplementation Prevents the Complications of COVID-19 Infection in Cancer Patients

Samir Derouiche (Author)

137-141 | published: 2020-07-01

The Tale of Two C’s, Cancer and COVID-19: Oncologist’s Viewpoint from India

Dharma Ram Poonia, Amit Sehrawat, Manoj Gupta (Author)

143-146 | published: 2020-07-01

How We Treat Genitourinary Cancers During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Deepak Dabkara, Sandip Ganguly, Joydeep Ghosh, Amol Patel, Atul Batra, Chandan Krushna Das, TVSVGK Tilak, Bivas Biswas (Author)

147-152 | published: 2020-07-01

A Practical Guide to Mitigate the Response of Corona Virus Pandemic in Radiotherapy Treatment

Shashank Bansal, Vikas Jagtap, Ghritashee Bora (Author)

153-156 | published: 2020-07-01

Radiotherapy as a Cure for Covid-19 Pneumonia: Is this a Possibility?

Partha Pratim Medhi, Shashank Bansal, Faridha Jane Momin, Ghritashee Bora (Author)

157-159 | published: 2020-07-01

Cancer Researchers in Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Time to Repurpose and Rethink

Mayank Singh, Chandra Prakash Prasad (Author)

161-163 | published: 2020-07-01

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Oncofertility Services in Advanced Reproductive Centre UKM Medical Centre Malaysia

Ahmad Mohd Faizal, Abu Muhammad Azrai, Abdul Karim Abdul Kadir (Author)

165-166 | published: 2020-07-01

Low Dose Radiotherapy to Thorax for COVID 19 Patients: A Potential Weapon to Put the Dagger in Devil's heart

Aman Sharma, Daya Nand Sharma (Author)

167-169 | published: 2020-07-01

Socio-Cultural and Economic Impact of Corona Virus on Cancer Patients, Caregivers and Survivors

Wasimul Hoda, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Abhinav Kumar, Priyanka Choudhary, Abhishek Shankar (Author)

171-173 | published: 2020-07-01

Tobacco Smoking and Risk of Novel Coronavirus Infection

Anusha Dubey, Deepak Saini, Shubham Roy, Ram Pukar Bharat, Veronika Bentrad, Callum Yau, Isaac George Wallbridge, Abhishek Shankar (Author)

175-177 | published: 2020-07-14

Life of an Oncologist after COVID-19 Pandemic

Abhinav Dewan, Ajay Kumar Dewan, Swarupa Mitra (Author)

179-181 | published: 2020-07-14

Preparedness, Precaution and Practice of Radiotherapy during COVID-19 Pandemic- Radiotherapy Technologists Perspective

Kamala Chetia, Bhargab Sarma, GAUTAM SARMA, Shashi Bhushan Sharma, Papu Das (Author)

183-185 | published: 2020-08-14

Breast Medical Oncology in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic

Rania Chacha, Said Afqir (Author)

187-190 | published: 2020-08-14

Medical Physics Internship During Covid-19 Pandemic- What We Lost and Gained

Supratik Sen, Saranga Pani Hazarika, Mayuri Nath, Bimugdha Goswami (Author)

191-193 | published: 2020-08-14

Solicitousness Towards Elderly Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Viewpoint

Treshita Dey, Divyesh kumar (Author)

195-197 | published: 2020-08-14

COVID-19 and Its Impact on Cancer Patient’s Outcome and Cancer Research

Nalin Goyal, Deepak Saini, Harpreet Angural, Richa Richa, Vikrant Kaushal, Abhishek Shankar (Author)

199-201 | published: 2020-08-24

Caring the Cancer Caregivers in the Era of COVID-19 Outbreak

Seema Mishra, Swagata Biswas, Shikhar More, Raghav Gupta, Sachidanand Jee Bharti, Rudranil Nandi (Author)

203-208 | published: 2020-08-24

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Radiation Oncology Residency- Experience and Perspective from a Tertiary Cancer Centre of Northeast India

Biswajit Sarma, Hima Bora, Dhiru Talukdar, Luri Borah, Moumita Paul, Prashati Sharma, Jyotiman Nath (Author)

209-211 | published: 2020-08-24

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Radiation Therapy Delivery for Pediatric Patients: Trainee Perspective and Practical Challenges

Nikol Mladkova, Joshua Palmer (Author)

229-230 | published: 2020-08-29

Prostate Cancer Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kunhi Parambath Haresh, Yousra Izzudeen, Devangana Bora, Subhash Gupta, Goura Kishor Rath (Author)

231-233 | published: 2020-08-29

Brain Tumor Management Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Kunal Kishor, Dinesh Kumar Sinha, Manish Kumar, Shashi Singh Pawar, Richa Madhawi, Shraddha Raj, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Seema Devi (Author); Rajiv Ranjan Prasad

235-238 | published: 2020-08-29

Cancer Care Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic in Third Tier City of India

Deepak Abrol, Rahul Sharma, Pawan kumar (Author)

239-240 | published: 2020-08-29

Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein: A Moonlighting Protein Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection or in Support of Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma?

Rinki Minakshi (Author)

241-242 | published: 2020-09-15