Management of patients with ovarian cancer in the COVID-19 era
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Bogani G., Casarin J., Pinelli C., Di Donato V., Bosio S., Ruisi S., Brusadelli C., Guerrisi R., Sarpietro G., Ditto A., Ghezzi F., Raspagliesi F.
DOI: 10.1002/jso.26057
ISSN: 0022-4790
At the beginning of 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads worldwide. Patients with ovarian cancer should be considered at high-risk of developing severe morbidity related to COVID-19. Most of them are diagnosed in advanced stages of disease, and they are fragile. Here, we evaluated the major impact of COVID-19 on patients with ovarian cancer, discussing the effect of the outbreak on medical and surgical treatment.