id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-312947-ppc4w23a Spiess, Philippe E. Meeting the challenge of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease in patients with cancer 2020-04-23 .txt text/plain 531 36 51 authors: Spiess, Philippe E.; Greene, John; Keenan, Robert J.; Paculdo, David; Letson, G. title: Meeting the challenge of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease in patients with cancer This commentary proposes a simple 5‐part strategy plus rapidly expanded use of telemedicine to anticipate and deal with COVID‐19 and, by extension, future epidemics in patients with cancer. Cancer Month 0, 2020 restrictions on telemedicine use, clinical trials be put into place for evaluating telemedicine's clinical effectiveness, overall costs of care, diagnostic accuracy, and real and perceived effects on patient confidentiality. With these regulatory changes, however, providers need to be reassured that these changes and future regulatory changes, such as eliminating the need to first conduct an in-person visit before telemedicine is used, will encourage expanded use of telemedicine among oncologists to reduce COVID-19 infections today and improve access to care tomorrow. Infection in cancer patients: a continuing association ./cache/cord-312947-ppc4w23a.txt ./txt/cord-312947-ppc4w23a.txt