COVID-19 coronavirus and cancer

The intent of this page is to gather cancer-specific information relevant to COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus.

General information relevant to cancer patients

• What cancer patients need to know (Fred Hutch)
• What Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Caregivers Need to Know about the Coronavirus
• Coronavirus 2019: What People With Cancer Need to Know (Cancer.Net)

Information for healthcare professionals

• ASCO Coronavirus Resources
• American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) Interim guidelines for COVID-19 management in hematopoetic cell transplant and cellular therapy patients
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-2-CoV) management information
• Proposed initial diagnostic and management workflow for potential COVID-19 cases given limited testing capacity (Twitter @srrezaie, 3/8/2020)

Hematology/Oncology meetings

An extensive list is available at The Cancer Letter website.

Canceled

• AMIA Informatics Summit (3/23/2020 to 3/26/2020, Houston, TX) - CANCELLED
• SGO (Society of Gynecologic Oncology) 2020 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, (3/28/2020 to 3/31/2020, Toronto, Canada) - CANCELLED (may be rescheduled for in-person or virtual meeting)
• European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC) Youth Leadership Workshop (4/3/2020 to 4/5/2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands) and World Haemophilia Day (4/24/2020, Brussels, Belgium) - CANCELLED

Postponed

• 1st Translational Research Conference: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (3/20/2020 to 3/22/2020, Paris, France) - POSTPONED until November 17-19, 2020
• NCCN Annual Conference (3/20/2020 to 3/22/2020, Orlando, FL) - POSTPONED until TBA
• Summit on National and Global Cancer Health Disparity (4/3/2020 to 4/4/200, Seattle, WA) - POSTPONED until Fall 2020
• AACR Annual Meeting (4/24/2020 to 4/29/2020, San Diego, CA) - POSTPONED until TBA

Rescheduled as virtual meeting

• ENETS Conference for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor Disease - VIRTUAL MEETING

Still happening as planned

• ASCO Annual Meeting (5/29/2020 to 6/2/2020, Chicago, IL) - STILL PLANNED

General information

• COVID-19 Coronavirus tracker for United States and Canada, with case-by-case descriptions (1point3acres.com)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE Worldwide Coronavirus Tracker
• CDC.gov COVID-19 Coronavirus information
• Estimate of mortality rate by age (Twitter @DorsaAmir, 3/7/2020)
• Influenza vs. COVID-19 mortality rate by age (Twitter @AshokKumarSheo8, 3/7/2020)
• Ars Technica summary of COVID-19 information (Arstechnica.com, 3/8/2020)