Managing patients with multiple myeloma during the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations from an expert panel - ABHH monoclonal gammopathies committe
AUTOR(ES)
Hungria, Vania; Garnica, Marcia; Crusoé, Edvan de Queiroz; Magalhaes Filho, Roberto Jose Pessoa de; Martinez, Gracia; Bittencourt, Rosane; Farias, Danielle Leão Cordeiro de; Braga, Walter Moises; Pinto Neto, Jorge Vaz; Ribeiro, Glaciano Nogueira; Maiolino, Angelo
FONTE
Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2020-09
RESUMO
ABSTRACT Since the World has been facing the COVID-19 pandemic, special attention has been taken concerning cancer patients; related to their immunosuppression status, adding risk for more aggressive COVID-19 and mortality, but also concerns about the access and the quality of care in cancer therapy. The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the number of infected, its related mortality, as well as the care of cancer patients. Multiple myeloma patients are a particular group with several important aspects to be considered during pandemic times. In essence, they are immunosuppressed in different intensities during their treatment. Most of them are elderly and all of them require long-term therapy, with prolonged contact with the health care system, possibly including a stem cell transplant during the treatment. A panel of experts in multiple myeloma and infectious diseases discusses pieces of evidence and the lack of the same in the scenario of COVID-19 in myeloma patients, while also exposing what is expected for the next phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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