ABSTRACT:
The novel Coronavirus (CoVid-19) outbreak is now consider a world pandemic, affecting more than 1,300,000 people worldwide. Cancer patients are in risk for severe disease, including a higher risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, need for invasive ventilation or death. Management of patients with lymphoid malignancies can be challenging during the outbreak, due to need of multiple hospital visits and admissions, immunosuppression and need for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and stem cell transplantation. In this article, we will focus on the practical management of patients with lymphoid malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on minimizing the risk for patients.
Keywords
CoVid; CoVId-19; Coronavirus; Lymphoma; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Lymphoid malignancies
Legend: * Due to the high risk of life-threatening complications; DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; PMBL: primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma; GCSF: granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor; CNS-IPI: Central Nervous System - International Prognostic Index; R/R: relapsed/refractory patient; MCL: mantle cell lymphoma; W&W: watch and wait; ASCT: autologous steam cell transplant; BR: bendamustine and rituximab; R-CHOP: rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone; PTCL: peripheral T-cell lymphoma; CHO(E)P: cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide and prednisone; CLL: chronic lymphocytic lymphoma; HL: Hodgkin lymphoma; ABVD: doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastin and dacarbazine; BEACOPP: doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, procarbazine, prednisone, bleomycin and vincristine; BV-AVD: brentuximab, doxorubicin, vinblastin and dacarbazine; FL: follicular lymphoma; R-CVP: rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone; R-monotherapy: rituximab monotherapy.