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Maintaining breast cancer care in the face of COVID-19
C W Q Ng1, M Tseng2, J S J Lim3
1Department of Surgery, Division of Breast Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore.
Abstract:
The battle of COVID-19 is currently at different levels of intensity in each country and even each city. The authors have prepared succinct recommendations regarding the care of patients with breast cancer, divided into phases that can easily be adapted to each units' needs and resources, and stepped up or stepped down according to escalating and de-escalating circumstances. The structure can also be transposed easily to different cancer types, enabling continued provision of best standards of care despite unprecedented stressors. Surgery must go on.
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