An oncologist perspective on COVID 19: A mysterious cryptic virus

Abstract

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Physical activity of children with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: what were the most relevant studies published from August 2019 to July 2021?

“…According to the study conducted by Murphy-Alford 6 , 64% of participants were no longer within the maximum recommendations of two hours in front of the screen every day, and during the first lockdown of 2020, children and adolescents (aged 10-17 years) increased their daily screen time spent with computer games and using social media, from four to about seven hours 38 , which, according to Beech 32 ,can affect children's PA level, as 60.4% of parents surveyed think their children are more likely to choose to use technological devices than to be physically active. About the lockdown scenario, several challenges and inequalities in public transportation, as well as in access to green spaces, were exposed, and it is important to highlight that active transport, especially when incorporated into daily routines, can be an important source of PA 39 .…”

“…The severity of the cancer and the treatment affect the immune system, so each hospital needed to organize itself to meet the real needs and perform the necessary treatments according to each case during COVID-19 pandemic 39 . The problem that motivated our research group to conduct this investigation was the need not to lose track of the research we carried out in a hospital unit and to prepare the resumption of face-to-face research activities in 2021, understanding how studies were being carried out in other institutions and physical activity in the daily lives of patients during the pandemic.…”

Provision of continuous dental care for oral oncology patients during & after COVID-19 pandemic

“…Oral Oncology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oraloncology Editorial Provision of continuous dental care for oral oncology patients during & after With the dawn of 2020, an abstruse virus, SARS-CoV-2 challenged the health profession, and created havoc all over the world. According to recent published data, due to the unforeseen conditions of the pandemic, COVID-19 patients have been prioritized over other patients, unfortunately including cancer patients [1]. Oral cancer therapy at its various stages is intertwined with dental care which aims to improve and maintain oral hygiene in order to reduce the oral complications and enhance the patient's quality of life [2].…”

Covid19 pandemic; A practicing head and neck surgeon’s perspective of an institutional model

“…With the availability and optimal application of all emerging literature [2] on current practise of head and neck surgery it is optimistically hoped that everything has been so far so good due to the collective effort of the state machinery and the people at large and the Head and Neck surgery services will be back on its wheels at least towards 1st half of the coming month of May even as the uncertainty prevails all over the World.…”