许多城市和国家已经开始放松与Covid-19有关的社会疏远和住家政策。大多数人鼓励有危险的人目前继续庇护。随着限制的缓解，许多人借此机会回到了世界上。但pleural mesothelioma和other lung cancer patients have several reasons to continue staying safe at home.
1: Cancer Patients May Have a Higher Risk of Contracting COVID-19
癌症患者，包括胸膜间皮瘤患者，通常会受到抑制的免疫系统。万博专业版癌症本身，treatments和与治疗相关的副作用都可以导致免疫抑制。作为一个物ult, physicians initially speculated cancer patients may have a higher than average risk of COVID-19 infection.
Arecent study in柳叶刀提供了这种风险的科学佐证。研究人员分析了中国的2,000多个Covid-19案件。They found a higher infection rate among cancer patients than the general population.作者得出的结论是，癌症患者“可能患有COVID-19的风险更高”。该出版物敦促医生密切关注癌症患者。
Further complicating matters, coronavirus may share symptoms with certain cancers.
胸膜间皮瘤和其他万博专业版癌症患者可能面临Covid-19感染的风险升高。这可能会激发他们离开房屋时继续尽可能多地呆在家里。
2: Cancer Patients With COVID-19 Face More Risks Than Those Without Cancer
在柳叶刀研究人员追踪了患者的严重健康事件的速度。研究人员将严重的事件定义为ICU的入院，侵入性通风或死亡。没有癌症的患者发生在严重事件发生前约43天。癌症患者在发生严重事件之前只有大约13天。
The study’s authors recommended increased hospital surveillance for COVID-19 patients with cancer. They suggested this tactic as a way to catch cases of rapid deterioration as early as possible.
Amore recent study意大利分析了200例COVID-19感染的肺癌患者。They found an alarmingly high mortality rate of 34.6% among this group.For comparison, only 6% of known共同人群中的covid案件导致美国死亡。
76% of patients in the Italian study were hospitalized. But more than 90% of hospitalized patients were never admitted to the ICU due to “shortage of equipment or institutional policy.” As such, lack of access to intensive care facilities may have contributed to the high mortality rate in this group.
医院政策在美国各不相同。目前尚不清楚美国肺癌患者是否会面临同样有限的重症监护。无论如何，快速进展和高死亡率的潜力为肺癌患者尽可能地呆在家里的动机。
3：许多癌症护理提供者已经实质上过渡到远程医疗
Oncologists and treatment centers nationwide have made sweeping changes to cancer care protocols. These changes are intended to limit COVID-19 infection risk for immunocompromised cancer patients. Dr. Gary Lyman ofFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center saysthey want patients to “avoid COVID-19 infection if at all possible.”
冠状病毒相关的癌症护理变化
- Noncritical surgeries and procedures have been rescheduled.
- 在fused medications have been switched to pills where possible.
- Checkups, some for clinical trials, are transitioning to telehealth visits.
- 患者在进入医疗机构之前必须进行19009筛查。
- 现在，大多数设施都需要覆盖面罩。
简而言之，医生和医疗保健提供者正在尽一切力量确保癌症患者的安全。同时，他们正在尝试为需要它的患者提供重要的癌症治疗。Through these efforts, the oncology community is sending a clear message to patients: do not take unnecessary risks.
胸膜间皮瘤和肺癌万博专业版患者可以帮助降低199风险
根据美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）和疾病控制与预防中心（CDC），防止Covid-19的最佳方法是避免完全暴露。可能不可能避免所有暴露，但是癌症患者可以采取措施降低风险。
How Cancer Patients Can Decrease COVID-19 Risk
- Stay home as much as possible.
- Avoid non-essential interactions with others.
- 当您必须离开家时，将至少六英尺远离其他人。
- 戴上布面膜，在家里外面遮住鼻子和嘴巴。
- 与您的医生谈谈其他方法，以最大程度地减少您患Covid-19的风险。
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