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Teleoncology or Telemedicine for Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: the New Normal for Breast Cancer Survivors?

Overview
Journal Future Oncol
Specialty Oncology
Date 2020 Aug 29
PMID 32857603
Citations 21
Authors
Fatih Yildiz
Berna Oksuzoglu
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Abstract

Telemedicine is seen as a savior during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with cancer patients who were interviewed via telemedicine from a tertiary care comprehensive oncology center. A total of 421 patients were included in the study and 118 of them (28.0%) were >65 years old. Communication was provided most frequently by voice call (n = 213; 50.5%). The majority of the patients contacted by telemedicine had breast cancer (n = 270; 64.1%). For 135 patients (32.1%) no further examination or intervention was required and the previously planned follow-up visit was postponed by the clinician. This study showed that telemedicine could open a new era for medical oncology specialists.

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