Brief Report on Teleconsultation in Lung Cancer: Toward a Semiotic Paradigm Shift?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Telehealth is taking an increasingly important part of medicine. This practice change is being accelerated by the pandemic linked to coronavirus disease 2019. Oncology is a medical specialty for which this paradigm shift is particularly relevant.

Methods

We developed a survey aiming at evaluating the use of teleconsultation by physicians managing patients with lung cancer in France. The survey was available online from December 15, 2020, to February 10, 2021.

Results

Answers were obtained from 142 clinicians (73.9% pneumologists, 18.3% medical oncologists, and 7.7% with another specialty), 129 (90.8%) of whom had already performed teleconsultation. Among those, 123 (95.3%) started after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In addition, 72.9% had a moder

SUBMITTER: Thomas QD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature