ABSTRACT Emerging data postulates that cancer is an important risk factor for disease severity and higher in-hospital mortality amongst patients with COVID-19. From a pathophysiological perspective, COVID-19 induces an overproduction of inflammatory cytokines, causing systemic inflammation, hypercoagulability, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The exact pathophysiological mechanisms associated with severe COVID-19...
ABSTRACT The present proposal aims to support and help clinicians how to manage gynecologic cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on the opinions of surgical oncologists of the Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology (BSSO) and not necessarily evidence-based instructions.
