Cancer Care During COVID-19

Yolonda Colson, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, and Thoralf Sundt, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery, discuss, as well as show, the heightened precautions that have been made in the dept and across the hospital to ensure that every patient’s visit is welcoming & safe.

Dr. Beverly Moy and Brenda Lormil, NP discuss the efforts being made at the Mass General Cancer Center to ensure equity of cancer care. They also discuss the importance of diversity in clinical trials and how patients can get involved.

The Mass General Cancer Center is ready, willing, and able to see patients. Patients may have some anxiety about coming to the hospital because of the pandemic, but ease some of those concerns by hearing how we are keeping patients and staff safe.

Virtual healthcare visits have quickly become the norm. Dr. Steven Isakoff, Breast Oncologist, provides tips for making your Mass General Cancer Center virtual visit run smoothly.

The Mass General Cancer Center has many community locations, with doctors and staff consistently docking in with one another. Learn about the community of care being provided at our different sites from Dr. Ephraim Hochberg and Dr. Amy Comander.

Dr. Rebecca Heist, Medical Oncologist, and Casandra McIntyre, Nurse Director of the Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, briefly discuss what clinical trials are and why they are important. Learn how clinical trials are benefitting patients and how we are keeping enrollees safe.