[Health management of breast cancer patients outside the hospital during the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease]

Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2020 Apr 23;42(4):288-291. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20200221-00110.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly. In order to prevent cluster outbreaks, the government strengthened the management and control of personnel mobility, which had a great impact on the examination and treatment of breast cancer patients. This paper discusses how to realize scientific health management of breast cancer patients outside the hospital based on the existing epidemic situation, characteristics of breast cancer patients and public health safety factors. The breast cancer patients should synthetically consider the epidemic prevention situation of inhabitance, the disease stage and previous therapeutic schedule to decide the next therapeutic schedule. If necessary, after professional discussion and communication between doctors and patients online or offline, the hospital visiting time should be delayed through seeking alternative treatment schemes, and psychological counseling for patients should be paid attention to at the same time.

新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)疫情蔓延迅速。为了避免人群聚集性传播,政府加强了人员流动性的管控,给乳腺癌患者的检查、治疗带来影响。在当前疫情形势下,文章结合乳腺癌患者特点及公共卫生安全因素就乳腺癌患者如何实现科学的院外管理进行探讨。肿瘤患者较正常人感染COVID-19的风险更高、症状更重、恶化更快。在正确认识COVID-19危险性的基础上,更需加强自身防护。患者应结合目前所处地区的防疫情况、乳腺癌疾病阶段、前期治疗方案等因素,权衡利弊后决定下一步的治疗方案。在疫情严重区域,适当推迟就诊时间,必要时经医师与患者线上或线下的专业讨论和沟通后,寻找替代的治疗方案并注意心理健康的疏导。.

Keywords: Breast neoplasms; COVID-19; Health management outside the hospital.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms* / psychology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / therapy
  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Telemedicine*