Prevention and control strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors in children during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Since the emergence of patients with COVID-19 in December 2019, the virus has rapidly spread worldwide. Children with malignant tumors are more prone to be infected and develop severe infections. Prevention and control of the pandemic and ensuring the progress of the cancer diagnosis and treatment is a significant problem in the current scenario. This article proposes a scientific management system for patients with solid tumors to guarantee emergency surgery, rationally arrange limited-term surgery, appropriately defer elective surgery, and guarantee regular chemotherapy, while protecting children from SARS-CoV-2 infection and ensuring the continuity of comprehensive diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords:

• Prevention and control
• strategy
• children
• solid tumor
• COVID-19

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this work.

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Funding

This study was supported by Zhejiang University special scientific research fund for COVID-19 prevention and control; The China Post-doctoral Science Foundation Grant (No. 2018M642463); Science Technology Research Program of Zhejiang Province, No. 2017C33047; Scientific research project of Zhejiang education department, No. N20140124.