Experts discuss challenges in treating cancer patients during the pandemic
The Hindu
‘It gave an opportunity to rejig pre-COVID cancer protocols, adapt to new norms’
On the eve of World Cancer Day, The Hindu organised a webinar, Cancer Care - Covid and Beyond, as part of its wellness series, along with VS Hospitals, Chennai.
Senior medical oncologist and founder chairman and managing director of VS Hospitals, S.Subramanian, surgical oncologist S. Jagadesh Chandra Bose and consultant medical oncologist and paediatric oncologist S. Nithya spoke about the challenges of cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his opening remarks Dr. Subramanian acknowledged that patients with cancer were more vulnerable to COVID-19, because their immune systems were already compromised. And, delays in treatment on account of the chaos that ensued in the early days of the pandemic became detrimental to many cancer patients, as time was of essence.
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