As part of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the nation had dramatically reduced their surgery schedules when UC Davis cancer patient Marlene Blake had surgery for breast cancer in March.
COVID-19 & Cancer
Early in 2020, we watched with growing alarm as early warnings of the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 started pouring in from Wuhan, and later, from Lombardy. At The Cancer Letter, we quickly decided to chart a course for intensive coverage of the pandemic as it reached our shores—oncologists are well-poised to take the lead in shaping research on COVID-19, and exposure mitigation strategies for high-risk patients. This coverage is collected here.
