COVID-19 & Cancer - What you need to know!

With the COVID-19 global pandemic cancer treatment is being effected worldwide. Further more because cancer patients are more likely to be immunocompromised they are twice as likely to catch the virus than the normal population AND statistically more likely to have worse outcomes. We are joined by Dr. Mudit Chowdhary, Chief Resident Physician, Radiation Oncology - Rush University Medical Center to discuss why this is, what cancer patients need to be thinking, and what your oncology team is doing to help. Host: Wes Wilson -   / wesleywilson   Guest: Dr. Mudit Chowdhary -   / drchowdharymd   TumorTalk Facebook -   / tumortalk   Patreon -   / tumortalk   Cancer Research Fundraiser -   / 513628822856004   Logo: Wes Wilson -   / wesleywilson   Logo Animation by: Chris James -    / ceejceejacj   Original Theme Score: Mia Brine Additional sounds from "Free Sounds Library" , License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)