TY - JOUR
T1 - The Armed Conflict and the Impact on Patients With Cancer in Ukraine
T2 - Urgent Considerations
AU - Caglevic, Christian
AU - Rolfo, Christian
AU - Gil-Bazo, Ignacio
AU - Cardona, Andrés
AU - Sapunar, Jorge
AU - Hirsch, Fred R.
AU - Gandara, David R.
AU - Morgan, Gilberto
AU - Novello, Silvia
AU - Garassino, Marina Chiara
AU - Mountzios, Giannis
AU - Leighl, Natasha B.
AU - Bretel, Denisse
AU - Arrieta, Oscar
AU - Addeo, Alfredo
AU - Liu, Stephen V.
AU - Corrales, Luis
AU - Subbiah, Vivek
AU - Aboitiz, Francisco
AU - Villarroel-Espindola, Franz
AU - Reyes-Cosmelli, Felipe
AU - Morales, Ricardo
AU - Mahave, Mauricio
AU - Raez, Luis
AU - Alatorre, Jorge
AU - Santos, Edgardo
AU - Ubillos, Luis
AU - Tan, Daniel S.W.
AU - Zielinski, Christoph
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - On February 24, 2022, a war began within the Ukrainian borders. At least 3.0 million Ukrainian inhabitants have already fled the country. Critical infrastructure, including hospitals, has been damaged. Children with cancer were urgently transported to foreign countries, in an effort to minimize interruption of their life-saving treatments. Most adults did not have that option. War breeds cancer-delaying diagnosis, preventing treatment, and increasing risk. We project that a modest delay in care of only 4 months for five prevalent types of cancer will lead to an excess of over 3,600 cancer deaths in the subsequent years. It is critical that we establish plans to mitigate that risk as soon as possible.
AB - On February 24, 2022, a war began within the Ukrainian borders. At least 3.0 million Ukrainian inhabitants have already fled the country. Critical infrastructure, including hospitals, has been damaged. Children with cancer were urgently transported to foreign countries, in an effort to minimize interruption of their life-saving treatments. Most adults did not have that option. War breeds cancer-delaying diagnosis, preventing treatment, and increasing risk. We project that a modest delay in care of only 4 months for five prevalent types of cancer will lead to an excess of over 3,600 cancer deaths in the subsequent years. It is critical that we establish plans to mitigate that risk as soon as possible.
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U2 - 10.1200/GO.22.00123
DO - 10.1200/GO.22.00123
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35994695
AN - SCOPUS:85136240090
SN - 2378-9506
VL - 8
SP - e2200123
JO - JCO Global Oncology
JF - JCO Global Oncology
ER -