Nasopharyngeal swab or clinical-radiological evidence: the dark side of the moon for cancer patients in the COVID-19 era

Future Oncol. 2020 Jul;16(19):1321-1322. doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0372. Epub 2020 May 26.
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Keywords: COVID-19; clinical diagnosis; lung cancer; nasopharyngeal swab.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Humans
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasms / virology
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Radiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Specimen Handling / standards*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*