Symptoms/Survivorship and the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Patients at #ASCO20

This post will complete my series of posts sharing some of  what I learned during the #ASCO20 Virtual Annual Meeting. Survivorship and symptom management research have been two of the important topics that I have followed through the years at the ASCO annual meetings in addition to ovarian cancer research. Below, I have also included a few highlight Tweets from the session on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients and survivors.

Early Palliative Care

Early Palliative care -Leukemia
Improved anxiety / depression with sustained benefits and improved EOL discussions
Stockler #ASCO20 #PalliativeCare pic.twitter.com/0luN6noPXH

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

Early trial palliative care -
Stockler #ASCO20
EArly palliative care can help some phase 1 participants#ASCO20 #palliativecare pic.twitter.com/LBDyWlfigS

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

End of Life Conversations

EMR and Serious illness
Stockler
EMR nudges increased conversations
Single study - may not be able to generalized to others #ASCO20 #Conversations pic.twitter.com/A4arNp133p

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

Geriatric Assessments

Geriatric assessments- Stockler
Reduced G3-5 AE's
Supports @ASCO guidance for GA to be used #ASCO20
Feasible to do assessment
What are longer term effects? #ASCO20 #survivorship pic.twitter.com/0CeebgPDou

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

Geriatric intervention Stockler
Reduced toxicity
Improved chemo toxicity recommended implementing as std of care. Requires a trained nurse practitioner. #survivorship #ASCO20 #geriatic pic.twitter.com/NEzRoMU9qW

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

Geriatric Care to Reduce toxicity Stockler
Used QOL question
Early Treatment discontuation less
Less hospitalizations
Improved QOL #ASCO20 #geriatricancer pic.twitter.com/YAPCfKFZw4

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

Survivorship Session Summary

Summary by Stockler -
Symptom and Survivorship
Good to see solutions are worth pursuing from early #PalliativeCare to the use of #geriatricassessment #ASCO20 pic.twitter.com/ukvIgjS26U

— Dee Sparacio (@womenofteal) May 30, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Patients 

My first #ASCO20 watch party w/ #CCC19 friends.
Listening to Cancer & #COVID19 presentation by @NCIDirector. While trying to keep people safe from pandemic, we're creating issues w/ delayed/deferred care. What are long-term impacts at the population level but also at the N of 1? pic.twitter.com/5P54fN9AQP

— Stacey Tinianov (@coffeemommy) May 30, 2020

#ASCO20 @hemoncwarner presenting data from @COVID19nCCC - patients with #COVID19 and progressing cancer had more than a 5x higher mortality than patients with non-progressing cancer. pic.twitter.com/mnpC7AWc2s

— Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO (@DrMarkham) May 30, 2020

Summary from @COVID19nCCC analysis of cancer patients with #COVID19 presented by @hemoncwarner. This data helps us better assess patients' risks & is important to have during shared decision making with our patients. #ASCO20 pic.twitter.com/XzgM7IJZXx

— Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO (@DrMarkham) May 30, 2020

 I look forward to seeing my advocate and researcher friends next year in Chicago.

Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!