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cord-274934-s8xppipe	Gebbia, Vittorio	Patients With Cancer and COVID-19: A WhatsApp Messenger-Based Survey of Patients’ Queries, Needs, Fears, and Actions Taken	2020-05-15		.txt	text/plain	3391	185	46	PURPOSE: This descriptive investigation was undertaken at three oncology units to report queries, needs, and fears related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) of patients with cancer and to avoid uncontrolled treatment delays or withdrawal, behavioral mistakes, and panic. In this article, we report real-world data and a descriptive analysis of patients' needs and fears as well as of misinformation obtained through the WhatsApp instant messaging system (WM; Facebook, Menlo Park, CA) in daily practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. To better understand how patients talk and feel about this potential critical health CONTEXT Key Objective Are instant messaging systems useful to oncologists to care for patients with cancer and to mitigate their anxieties and fears during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) outbreak? Knowledge Generated The WhatsApp instant messaging system is a useful and rapid tool to inform and reassure patients with cancer and to facilitate patient triage in a real-word setting of the pandemic spread of COVID-19.	./cache/cord-274934-s8xppipe.txt	./txt/cord-274934-s8xppipe.txt