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ment decisions were made with patients’ input
about proceeding with treatment in the most
appropriate way. We evaluated each one’s needs
to determine if the risk outweighed the benefits,
offering patients the option of postponing. We
conducted chemotherapy and infusion therapy
according to the guidelines of the National
Comprehensive Cancer Network, which might
include changing drugs and/or spreading out
treatments, but not halting or delaying them.
As COVID-19 cases subsided and we began to
adopt a “new normal,” our physicians returned
to performing procedures for patients whose
medical conditions could not wait. The Breast
Center—which had been open for imminent diagnostic
testing and procedures—began scheduling
screening mammograms. In May, we started
offering screening colonoscopies and elective
endoscopies. During the past few months, we
focused on treating those with cancer safely and
expeditiously as we have always done.
Jefferson Health New Jersey
By Ana Maria Lopez, M.D.,
MPH, MACP, Chief of Cancer
Services, Professor and Vice Chair,
Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel
Medical College
The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Washington
Township knows that as we shelter-in-place
during the current COVID-19 crisis,
cancer does not. Our highly trained, multi-disciplinary
teams are compassionately caring for patients
with cancer or at high-risk for cancer. Our
services are timely, guideline-based, and include
cancer clinical trials. The Sidney Kimmel Cancer
Center in Washington Township has nimbly incorporated
telehealth visits, social spacing and
comprehensive COVID-19 prevention strategies,
while maintaining appropriate on-site, in-person
care—all with the best interest of the patient
in mind. We stand with our Jefferson Health
New Jersey cancer patients and their families
during this pandemic, and beyond.
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