Turkish Medical Oncology Society COVID-19 Pandemic Advisory Board Recommendations for Cancer Patients and Medical Oncologist

monia in Wuhan province in China in December 2019 and later caused a pandemic in the whole world, is a serious threat to all humans and particularly, the oncology patients.1 With the diagnosis of the first case in our country and the declaration by WHO of COVID19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, a new phase of the process has begun. WHO particularly emphasizes the preparedness, prevention, case detection, treatment, and reduction of transmission related to the basic strategies of the disease.2 Cancer patients are at high mortality risk due to coronavirus infection because of age, comorbid conditions, and current use of immunosuppressive treatment protocols.