Cancer, Covid-19 and the perspective of treatments.

Covid-19 pandemic had global effects on chronic patients, health systems, and the future of treatments. Among the chronic patients, people who have cancer are identifying as a vulnerable group because of their malignancy and suppressive treatments which weaken their immune system. The present descriptive-analytic article, which is conducted from studying various recent articles in Persian and English databases using the keywords cancer, coronavirus, digital treatments, diagnosis, screening, and cancer treatment, focuses on the perception of cancer patients from a covid-19 pandemic, the status of screening and diagnostic tests and the future perspective of health systems from 2019 to 2020. Cancer patients’ approach toward pandemics is on a spectrum, from anxiety and depression to feeling of peace with control and self-efficacy. Furthermore, cancer associations report that the rate of screening has been significantly decreased while it can increase the risk of metastasis in upcoming decades. However, not all treatment postpones are dangerous. It is noteworthy that cancer patients are time-sensitive, hence the health system is better to consider digital and technological treatment alternatives to minimize the patient presence in medical centers. eHealth and telemedicine had significant progress after the coronavirus pandemic and facilitate the delivery of services for patients and professionals, while the public opinion is positive about it.