During the COVID-19 global pandemic, cancer patients and physicians must carefully weigh the potential benefit of routine cancer care versus the high morbidity and mortality of COVID-19, especially in patients of older age, patients with comorbidities, and those with cancer.(1) Staff and resources may also be redistributed to care for COVID-19 patients, and thus judicious use of resources is critical during this time.
A Vital Video About Prostate Cancer Treatment and COVID-19
Waiting For Prostate Surgery During COVID-19
Many hospitals, especially in profoundly impacted areas, have converted their surgical suites into COVID ICUs. The shortage created by this shift of use of surgical suites, as well as the surgical staff, has forced many urologists to start men on to hormone therapy (ADT) while they wait for a time when prostatectomies can again be performed.