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Providing Cancer Care During an Evolving COVID-19

Environment: General Principles

• Treatment prioritization must take into account COVID-19 in Canada (June 7, 2020) 2
regional differences in infection rates, resource Hospitalized cases 16%
capacity, and mitigation efforts 1
Deaths 8%
• The risk of serious morbidity resulting from Age Group Proportion Proportion
SARS-CoV-2 infection may outweigh the of Cases of Deaths
competing risk of prostate cancer in many men 1 40-59 31% 3%

• Appropriate patient counselling and shared 60-79 18% 25%
decision-making is strongly encouraged 1 80+ 18% 72%

• Prioritization must be given to limiting exposures Gender
of patients and healthcare workers to Male 43% 46%
SARS-CoV-2

1. Lalani A-K A, et al. Can Urol Assoc J 2020;14(5):E154-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.6595
2. PHAC. COVID-19 Daily Epidemiology Update. June 7, 2020. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/diseases/2019-novel-
coronavirus-infection/surv-covid19-epi-update-eng.pdf
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