{"id":19245,"date":"2020-06-03T08:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=19245"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:57","slug":"new-app-calculates-risk-of-delaying-cancer-care-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/03\/new-app-calculates-risk-of-delaying-cancer-care-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"New app calculates risk of delaying cancer care during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new-app-calculates-risk-of-delaying-cancer-care-during-pandemic-iStock-1136017506.jpg\" alt=\"(a doctor holding a cell phone)\"\/><figcaption>(Image curtesy of iStock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/new-app-calculates-risk-of-delaying-cancer-care-during-pandemic\/\">A new app, OncCOVID, has been developed by data scientists and cancer doctors from the U-M Rogel Cancer Center and the U-M School of Public Health<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The free app compares the long-term risks of delaying care for cancer patients to the additional risk of potential COVID-19 infection if they undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and\/or radiation immediately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With healthcare systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have had to postpone surgeries and treatment for cancer patients and it has been difficult for them to identify patients whose risks for COVID-19 outweigh the benefits of immediate treatment. In response, OncCOVID is designed to help doctors do just that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OncCOVID works by drawing on large, national cancer datasets to evaluate patients\u2019 risks. Doctors can enter more than 45 characteristics about a patient \u2014 such as age, cancer type and stage, underlying medical conditions, and proposed delay in care. Depending on these characteristics and COVID-19\u2019s impact on the patient\u2019s local community, the app calculates their likely five or 10 year survival following immediate or delayed treatments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The researchers caution that OncCOVID is not intended to provide medical advice to patients, as care providers may have additional factors to consider when recommending treatment plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new app, OncCOVID, has been developed by data scientists and cancer doctors from the U-M Rogel Cancer Center and the U-M School of Public Health.&nbsp; The free app compares the long-term risks of delaying care for cancer patients to the additional risk of potential COVID-19 infection if they undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and\/or radiation immediately.&nbsp; With healthcare systems\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/03\/new-app-calculates-risk-of-delaying-cancer-care-during-pandemic\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[69,842,810],"class_list":["post-19245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-apps","tag-cancer","tag-covid"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM.png",2506,1682,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-200x134.png",200,134,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-298x200.png",298,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-768x515.png",665,446,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-700x470.png",600,403,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-1536x1031.png",1536,1031,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-2048x1375.png",2048,1375,true],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM-665x446.png",665,446,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.33.39-AM.png",372,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A new app, OncCOVID, has been developed by data scientists and cancer doctors from the U-M Rogel Cancer Center and the U-M School of Public Health.&nbsp; 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