TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer disease progression and death during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - A multidisciplinary analysis for the Peruvian setting
AU - Astigueta-Pérez, Juan
AU - Abad-Licham, Milagros
AU - Chávez-Chirinos, Carlos
AU - Beraun-Milla, Luis
AU - Lachos-Dávila, Alberto
AU - Diaz-Pérez, Elizabeth
AU - Portugal-Valdivia, Karem
AU - Castañeda, Paul Pilco
AU - Alférez, Isaías Pérez
AU - Mezones-Holguín, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: © the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in China in late 2019, infection from the SARSCoV-2 virus has spread virtually worldwide. This infection has adversely affected several countries; governments have outlined a series of political measures aimed to preserve the health and safety of their populations. In Peru, most actions have prioritised COVID-19 attention, with a subsequent gap in the healthcare facilities needed for other diseases. Cancer, one principal cause of death in the country, is usually diagnosed late. Moreover, in the pandemic context, the prevention and control of cancer have been negatively affected. Therefore, we carried out a multidisciplinary analysis using the Ishikawa diagram to identify the probable factors that contribute to cancer progression and deaths in Peru.
AB - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in China in late 2019, infection from the SARSCoV-2 virus has spread virtually worldwide. This infection has adversely affected several countries; governments have outlined a series of political measures aimed to preserve the health and safety of their populations. In Peru, most actions have prioritised COVID-19 attention, with a subsequent gap in the healthcare facilities needed for other diseases. Cancer, one principal cause of death in the country, is usually diagnosed late. Moreover, in the pandemic context, the prevention and control of cancer have been negatively affected. Therefore, we carried out a multidisciplinary analysis using the Ishikawa diagram to identify the probable factors that contribute to cancer progression and deaths in Peru.
KW - Cancer
KW - COVID-19
KW - Healthcare systems
KW - Pandemic
KW - Peru
KW - SARS-COV-2
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092023996&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3332/ECANCER.2020.1098
DO - 10.3332/ECANCER.2020.1098
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85092023996
VL - 14
JO - ecancermedicalscience
JF - ecancermedicalscience
SN - 1754-6605
M1 - 1098
ER -
