Assoc. Prof. Trisha Wise-Draper joins touchONCOLOGY to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 in cancer care and lessons learned through the findings of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium Registry (CCC19). The late-breaking abstract ‘Systemic cancer treatment-related outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: A CCC19 registry analysis’ (LBA71) was presented at the Virtual 2020 ESMO Congress, 19–21 September 2020.
Questions
- What factors predispose people with cancer to worse outcomes if they are infected with SARS-CoV-2? (0:14)
- Could you give us an overview of the objectives and design of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium Registry (CCC19)? (1:02)
- What were the findings of your analysis of systemic cancer treatment-related outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection? (2:18)
- How will your findings inform future management of cancer patients during the pandemic? (3:21)
- How else has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted cancer care and research, and how can we mitigate these impacts? (4:28)
Speaker Disclosure: Trisha M Wise-Draper has nothing to disclose in relation to this interview.
Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd.
Filmed in coverage of the Virtual 2020 ESMO Congress.
