Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Urologic oncology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

Manas Sharma 1
Rajendra B Nerli 1
Shridhar C Ghagane 2

1 Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research, JNMC Campus, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India

2 Urinary Biomarkers Research Centre, Department of Urology, KLES Kidney Foundation, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2021.31
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic will have numerous consequences in the management of patients
with genitourinary cancers. As we are struggling to best exploit our limited health-care
resources in managing COVID-19 infected patients, we need to rethink our approach to
provide the best medical care for cancer patients in the time of this global crisis. There
is a need for a decision-making algorithm which takes into account the age, presenting
symptoms, comorbid illnesses, access to health-care services, and availability of qualified
health-care personnel. We must provide support, a clear and comprehensible information
along with essential care to the patients seeking medical opinion during a time of this
unforeseen global health crisis. In this mini review we have made an attempt to prioritize
the necessity of intervention in urological oncology patients as per various national and
international guidelines. This approach should be tailored as per locally available healthcare resources and the burden of COVID-19 infected cases in that region.

Keywords

Urology
Oncology
COVID-19
Pandemic
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2022
Pages 55-59

  • Receive Date 18 August 2021
  • Revise Date 15 November 2021
  • Accept Date 26 November 2021

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