Table 1 The summary of the recommendations for cervical cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic
Situation | Suggestion |
|---|---|
Unnecessary hospitalization | Avoid |
The visits to hospitalized patients | Restrict |
Screening for COVID-19 | Take and divert according to the result |
Advanced incurable cancer | Suspend |
early-stage cervical cancer | Consider the local health systems |
Locally advanced cervical cancer | Uninterrupted radiotherapy and chemotherapy |
Surgical staging of locally advanced cervical cancer | Avoid |
The delay in surgery has a negative impact on the patient’s health | Avoid such delays |