Impact of the COVID pandemic on survivors of childhood cancer and survivorship care: lessons for the future.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID pandemic has greatly impacted cancer care, with survivorship care being accorded low priority. We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID pandemic on survivorship services at our centre, as well as on survivors of childhood cancer (CCS).

Methods

We analyzed the trends in survivorship care at our centre from March 2020 to June 2021 compared to previous years. We also conducted an online survey of adolescent and young adult (AYA-CCS) following up at the After Completion of Treatment Clinic, Mumbai, to assess the impact of the COVID pandemic and ensuing restrictions on our cohort of survivors. Sibling responses were used as comparator (CTRI/2020/11/029029).

Results

There was a decrease in in-person follow-ups and increase in remote follow-ups over the f

SUBMITTER: Prasad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8727237 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature