About: The oncology community is concerned that cancer patients will be unfairly classified in pandemic allocation guidances. Past guidances either excluded metastatic cancer patients from consideration or categorized them as having a survival of less than one year. Given recent improvements in treatments, we recommend that (1)the prognosis of an individual cancer patient be determined with input from a cancer specialist, or (2) if this is impractical, (a) The presence of active metastatic solid cancer or relapsed hematologic malignancy is graded as a major comorbidity, with a likelihood that survival will be less than 5 years; (b) Severe limitation in physical functioning (3 or 4 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG‐PS) would define an advanced cancer patient as having a severe comorbidity, with a likelihood of less than 1 year survival. Cancer may be the “Emperor of all Maladies,” but it is no longer a certain death sentence.   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

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  • The oncology community is concerned that cancer patients will be unfairly classified in pandemic allocation guidances. Past guidances either excluded metastatic cancer patients from consideration or categorized them as having a survival of less than one year. Given recent improvements in treatments, we recommend that (1)the prognosis of an individual cancer patient be determined with input from a cancer specialist, or (2) if this is impractical, (a) The presence of active metastatic solid cancer or relapsed hematologic malignancy is graded as a major comorbidity, with a likelihood that survival will be less than 5 years; (b) Severe limitation in physical functioning (3 or 4 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG‐PS) would define an advanced cancer patient as having a severe comorbidity, with a likelihood of less than 1 year survival. Cancer may be the “Emperor of all Maladies,” but it is no longer a certain death sentence.
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  • Oncology
  • Quality of life
  • Hematologic malignant neoplasms
  • Medical research institutes in the United States
  • Medical scoring system
  • Cancer pathology
  • Mental and behavioural disorders
  • Cancer organizations based in the United States
  • Organizations established in 1955
  • Medical and health organizations based in Massachusetts
  • 1955 establishments in the United States
  • Clinical trial organizations
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