CC BY 4.0 · Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2020; 16: e-20200001
DOI: 10.5935/2526-8732.20200001
Letter to the Editor
Oncological Surgery

COVID-19 and surgical cancer care in Brazil

COVID-19 e tratamento cirúrgico do câncer no Brasil

1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
,
Alexandre Ferreira Oliveira
1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
,
Heber Salvador de Castro Ribeiro
1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
,
Reitan Ribeiro
1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
,
Alberto J. A. Wainstein
1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
,
Wilson Luiz da Costa Jr
1   Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, BSSO - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2   Baylor College of Medicine, Postdoctoral Associete, Department of Medicine / Epidemiology and Population Sciences, - Houston - Texas - United States
› Author Affiliations
Financial support: none to declare.

ABSTRACT

Concerned with the evolution of COVID-19 in Brazil and its impact on our health system and oncology surgical assistance, the authors performed a review and suggested strategies for approach based on current evidence.

RESUMO

Preocupados com a evolução do COVID-19 no Brasil e seu impacto em nosso sistema de saúde e assistência cirúrgica oncológica, os autores realizaram uma revisão e sugeriram estratégias de abordagem baseadas em evidências atuais.



Publication History

Received: 16 March 2020

Accepted: 20 March 2020

Article published online:
13 April 2020

© 2022. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Rua do Matoso 170, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 20270-135, Brazil

Bibliographical Record
Rodrigo Nascimento Pinheiro, Alexandre Ferreira Oliveira, Heber Salvador de Castro Ribeiro, Reitan Ribeiro, Alberto J. A. Wainstein, Wilson Luiz da Costa. COVID-19 and surgical cancer care in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2020; 16: e-20200001.
DOI: 10.5935/2526-8732.20200001