COVID-19 and lung cancer: The decision to delay treatment

In the “new normal” of treating cancer patients during COVID-19, when do you decide to start treatment or pause it? Narjust Duma, MD, a thoracic oncologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, shares how she makes those decisions in partnership with her lung cancer patients and how the discussions are complicated by the fear and uncertainty around the pandemic.

Later in the podcast, Dr. Duma and podcast host David H. Henry, MD, of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, explore how telehealth changes patient encounters, use of liquid biopsies to keep patients out of the hospital, and the importance of checking in with mentees.

Disclosures

Dr. Henry reported having no financial disclosures relevant to this episode. Dr. Duma reported having no financial disclosures relevant to this episode.

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