Psychological impact of Covid-19 pandemic on oncological patients: A survey in Northern Italy.

The psychological impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on cancer patients, a population at higher risk of fatal consequences if infected, has been only rarely evaluated. This study was conducted at the Departments of Oncology of four hospitals located in the Verona area in Italy to investigate the psychological consequences of the pandemic on cancer patients under active anticancer treatments. A 13-item ad hoc questionnaire to evaluate the psychological status of patients before and during the pandemic was administered to 474 consecutive subjects in the time frame between April 27th and June 7th 2020.

Weekly Taxotere and cisplatin with continuous-infusion 5-fluoruracil for the treatment of advanced gastric and esophageal cancer: a prospective, observational, single-institution experience.

The combination of Taxotere (docetaxel), cisplatin, and prolonged-infusion 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has emerged as an active treatment for advanced gastric cancer. However, the regimen proposed by van Cutsem et al. (J Clin Oncol 24:4991-7, 2006) is associated with significant toxicity and therefore alternative schedules are needed.