SARS-CoV-2 infection anxieties and general population restrictions delay diagnosis and treatment of acute haematological malignancies

Br J Haematol. 2020 Jul;190(1):e5-e8. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16785. Epub 2020 May 25.

Authors

Matteo Molica¹, Carla Mazzone¹, Iole Cordone², Alessia Pasquale², Pasquale Niscola¹, Paolo de Fabritiis^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Haematology, Department of Medical Area, St. Eugenio Hospital, ASL Roma 2, Rome, Italy.
² Clinical Pathology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-COV-2; acute haematological malignancies; social distancing measures.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Anxiety
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Female
Hematologic Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Hematologic Neoplasms* / psychology
Hematologic Neoplasms* / therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
SARS-CoV-2