Journal article
Authors list: Cakir, Omer Onur; Castiglione, Fabio; Tandogdu, Zafer; Collins, Justin; Alnajjar, Hussain M.; Akers, Clare; Albersen, Maarten; Alifrangis, Constantine; Ayres, Benjamin; Brouwer, Oscar; Cullen, Ivor; Hawkey, Peter; Jakobsen, Jakob Kristian; Johansen, Truls Erik Bjerklund; Kalejaiye, Odunayo; Kaul, Asheesh; Koves, Bela; Kumar, Vivekanandan; Mancini, Mariangela; Mitra, Anita Vanessa; Parnham, Arie; Pozzi, Edoardo; Protzel, Chris; Sangar, Vijay K.; Wagenlehner, Florian; Muneer, Asif
Publication year: 2021
Journal: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume number: 39
Issue number: 3
ISSN: 1078-1439
eISSN: 1873-2496
Open access status: Green
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.12.005
Publisher: Elsevier
Objectives: To develop an international consensus on managing penile cancer patients during the COVID-19 acute waves. A major concern for patients with penile cancer during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is how the enforced safety measures will affect their disease management. Delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation may have an impact on the extent of the primary lesion as well as the cancer-specific survival because of the development and progression of inguinal lymph node metastases. Materials and methods: A review of the COVID-19 literature was conducted in conjunction with analysis of current international guidelines on the management of penile cancer. Results were presented to an international panel of experts on penile cancer and infection control by a virtual accelerated Delphi process using 4 survey rounds. Consensus opinion was defined as an agreement of >= 80%, which was used to reconfigure management pathways for penile cancer. Results: Limited evidence is available for delaying penile cancer management. The consensus rate of agreement was 100% that penile cancer pathways should be reconfigured, and measures should be developed to prevent perioperative nosocomial transmission of COVID19. The panel also reached a consensus on several statements aimed at reconfiguring the management of penile cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions: The international consensus panel proposed a framework for the diagnostic and invasive therapeutic procedures for penile cancer within a low-risk environment for COVID-19. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Cakir, O., Castiglione, F., Tandogdu, Z., Collins, J., Alnajjar, H., Akers, C., et al. (2021) Management of penile cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: An eUROGEN accelerated Delphi consensus study, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 39(3), Article 197.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.12.005
APA Citation style: Cakir, O., Castiglione, F., Tandogdu, Z., Collins, J., Alnajjar, H., Akers, C., Albersen, M., Alifrangis, C., Ayres, B., Brouwer, O., Cullen, I., Hawkey, P., Jakobsen, J., Johansen, T., Kalejaiye, O., Kaul, A., Koves, B., Kumar, V., Mancini, M., ...Muneer, A. (2021). Management of penile cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: An eUROGEN accelerated Delphi consensus study. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 39(3), Article 197.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.12.005
Keywords
Delphi study; pandemic; Penile cancer; RECURRENCE
