Research Amidst the Pandemic

HCA Healthc J Med. 2020 Nov 28:1:321-323. doi: 10.36518/2689-0216.1213. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Description Cancer patients need access to promising investigational therapies, available only through clinical trials, and the emergence of COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic became an emerging threat to fulfilling that need. Many academic medical centers were pausing their clinical research programs, diverting their resources and sheltering their teams. Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, made the decision to stay safe, but stay the course.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; biomedical research; clinical trials as topic; neoplasms; pandemics; telemedicine.

Publication types

  • Editorial

Grants and funding

This research was supported (in whole or in part) by HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity.