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Last updated: June 4, 2021

NOTE: Due to the availability of other pediatric COVID-19 resources this section will no longer be updated as of June 4, 2021.

Primary Studies

• Ahmad, N., et al. (2020). Impact of Covid19 on a tertiary care pediatric oncology and stem cell transplant unit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28560. doi:10.1002/pbc.28560 
• Ahmad, N., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in Pediatric Cancer Patients: How Concerned We Should Be? Lessons Learned From a Single Center in Middle East. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 11, 11. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000002013
• Alshahrani, M., et al. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia. Health Serv Insights, 13, 1178632920984161. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632920984161
• Al Yazidi, L. S., & Wali, Y. (2020). COVID-19 in Omani Children with Hemato-Oncology Diseases. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 12(1), e2020074. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2020.074
• Al Yazidi, L. S., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in Children With Cancers and Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in Oman. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 21, 21. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000001978 (not available as open access)
• Amicucci, M., et al. (2020). Five leisure and training activities to help onco-hematological children to better live hospital isolation during COVID-19. Pediatr Blood Cancer: e28859.
• Andre, N., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in pediatric oncology from French pediatric oncology and hematology centers: High risk of severe forms? Pediatr Blood Cancer,  doi:10.1002/pbc.28392
• Arous, R., et al. (2021). High mortality of COVID-19 in children with cancer in a single center in Algiers, Algeria. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28898. doi:10.1002/pbc.28898
• Atout, M., et al. (2021). Challenges faced by mothers caring for children with leukaemia during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. J Pediatr Nurs, 19, 19. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.01.009
• Bisogno, G., et al. (2020). Clinical characteristics and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Italian pediatric oncology patients: a study from the Infectious Diseases Working Group of the AIEOP. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. doi:10.1093/jpids/piaa088 
• Boulad, F., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in Children With Cancer in New York City. JAMA Oncol. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2028
• Brunsvig Jarvis, K., et al. (2020). Observed reduction in the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Paediatrica, 21, 21. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.15576
• Cakiroglu, S., et al. (2020). Are the Anxiety Levels of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients Different From Healthy Peers During the COVID-19 Outbreak? J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 26, 26. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000001924 (not available as open access) 
• Carai, A., et al. (2020). Delayed referral of pediatric brain tumors during COVID-19 pandemic. Neuro Oncology, 05, 05. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noaa159
• Casanova M. et al. (2020) How young patients with cancer perceive the Covid‐19 (coronavirus) epidemic in Milan, Italy: is there room for other fears? Pediatr Blood Cancer. doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28318
• Cesaro, S., et al. (2020). Screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric oncology patients during the epidemic peak in Italy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28466. doi:10.1002/pbc.28466   
• Chiaravalli, S., et al. (2020). A collateral effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Delayed diagnosis in pediatric solid tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28640. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28640
• Cleto-Yamane, T. L., et al. (2021). Screening of COVID-19 in outpatient children with cancer or solid organ transplantation: preliminary report. Eur J Pediatr, 26, 26. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04044-9
• Darlington, A. E., et al. (2020). COVID-19 and children with cancer: Parents’ experiences, anxieties and support needs. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28790. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28790
• de Rojas, T., et al (2020). COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents with cancer in Madrid. Pediatr Blood Cancer. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28397
• Ding, Y. Y., et al. (2020). Delayed cancer diagnoses and high mortality in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28427. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28427    
• Dona, D., et al. (2020). Pediatric transplantation in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: early impact on activity and healthcare. Clinical Transplantation, e14063. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14063 
• Dupuis, L. L., et al. (2020). Readiness to Implement Symptom Management Care Pathways in Pediatric Cancer. Res Sq., 30, 30. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-136225/v1
• Ebeid, F. S. E., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in Children With Cancer: A Single Low-Middle Income Center Experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 07, 07. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000002025 (not available as open access)
• Fabian, I. D., et al. (2020). Retinoblastoma management during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report by the Global Retinoblastoma Study Group including 194 centers from 94 countries. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28584. doi:10.1002/pbc.28584 
• Faura, A., et al. (2020). Initial report on Spanish pediatric oncologic, hematologic, and post stem cell transplantation patients during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28557. doi:10.1002/pbc.28557
• Ferrari, A. et al. (2020). Children with cancer in the time of COVID-19: An 8-week report from the six pediatric onco-hematology centers in Lombardia, Italy. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28410. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28410  
• Flores, V., et al. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 infection in children with febrile neutropenia. Ann Hematol. 99(8), 1941-1942. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04115-1
• Gampel, B., et al. (2020). COVID-19 disease in New York City pediatric hematology and oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28420. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28420   
• Gaston, C. L. L., et al. (2020). Radical change in osteosarcoma surgical plan due to COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Case Rep, 13(7), 08. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237197
• Graetz, D., et al. (2021). Global effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 03, 03. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00031-6
• Guidry, J. P. D., et al. (2021). COVID-19-Related Misinformation among Parents of Patients with Pediatric Cancer. Emerg Infect Dis, 27(2), 650-652. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.203285
• Haeusler, G. M., et al. (2021). Managing low-risk febrile neutropenia in children in the time of COVID-19: What matters to parents and clinicians. J Paediatr Child Health, 03, 03. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15330
• Hanghøj, S., et al. (2021). Experiences of Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Lockdown Among Adolescents and Young Adult Cancer Patients and Survivors. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. doi:10.1089/jayao.2020.02 – (not available as open access)
• Helton, G., et al. (2020). “Definitely Mixed Feelings:” The effect of COVID-19 on bereavement in parents of children who died from cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.035
• Hrusak, O., et al. (2020). Flash survey on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infections in paediatric patients on anticancer treatment. Eur J Cancer 132: 11-16. doi.10.1016/j.ejca.2020.03.021
• Jimenez-Kurlander, L., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in pediatric survivors of childhood cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation from a single center in New York City. Pediatr Blood Cancer: e28857.
• Kebudi, R., et al. (2021). COVID-19 infection in children with cancer and stem cell transplant recipients in Turkey: A nationwide study. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28915. doi:10.1002/pbc.28915
• Kenney, L. B., et al. (2021). Virtual visits as long-term follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors: Patient and provider satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28927. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28927
• Kosir, U., et al. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on the cancer care of adolescents and young adults and their well-being: Results from an online survey conducted in the early stages of the pandemic. Cancer. 22, 22. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33098 
• Kourti, M., et al. (2020). Pediatric cancer registration fluctuation in Greece due to COVID-19 pandemic and changes in health care delivery. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28777. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28777
• Lidington, E. K., et al. (2020). Cancer care and well-being in adolescents and young adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A UK sarcoma perspective. Cancer, 28, 28. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33215
• Lopez-Aguilar, E., et al. (2020). Children with cancer during COVID-19 pandemic: Early experience in Mexico. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28660. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28660
• Lucas, T. L., et al. (2020). Frequency of face touching with and without a mask in pediatric hematology/oncology health care professionals. Pediatr Blood Cancer 67(9): e28593. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28593 
• Madhusoodhan, P. P., et al. (2020). Characterization of COVID-19 disease in pediatric oncology patients: The New York-New Jersey regional experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer: e28843.
• Millen, G. C., et al. (2020). Severity of COVID-19 in children with cancer: Report from the United Kingdom Paediatric Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project. Br J Cancer, 10, 10. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-01181-0
• Mirlashari, J., et al. (2020). War on two fronts: Experience of children with cancer and their family during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. J Pediatr Nurs, 57, 25-31. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.10.024
• Montoya, J., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in pediatric cancer patients in a resource-limited setting: National data from Peru. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28610. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28610 
• Offenbacher, R., et al. (2020). Delayed presentations of pediatric solid tumors at a tertiary care hospital in the Bronx due to COVID-19. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28615. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28615 
• O’Neill, A. F., et al. (2020). Timely pediatric cancer diagnoses: An unexpected casualty of the COVID-19 surge. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28729. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28729
• Palomo-Collí, M., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents With Cancer From a Single Center in Mexico City. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. doi:10.1097/mph.0000000000002040 (not available as open access)
• Parasole, R., et al. (2020). Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic in pediatric hematooncology: Fatalities caused by diagnostic delay. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28482. doi:10.1002/pbc.28482 
• Perez-Heras, I., et al. (2020). Two Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pediatric Oncohematologic Patients in Spain. Pediatr Infect Dis J., 28, 28. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002841 (not available as open access)
• Pérez-Martinez, A., et al. (2020). Clinical outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunosuppressed children in Spain. Eur J Pediatr. doi:10.1007/s00431-020-03793-3 
• Radhakrishnan, V., et al. (2020). COVID19 in children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries: Experience from a cancer center in Chennai, India. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 1-7. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2020.1831113 (not available as open access)
• Rahat, U.A., et al. (2020). Challenges for pediatric hematology oncology in Pakistan during coronavirus pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28600. doi:10.1002/pbc.28600
• Rossoff, J., et al. (2020). Benign course of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a series of pediatric oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28504. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28504 
• Rouger-Gaudichon, J., et al. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care: A survey from the French Society of Pediatric Oncology (SFCE). Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28554. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28554
• Rouger-Gaudichon, J., et al. (2020). Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Pediatric Oncology and Hematology: A Report from the French Society of Pediatric Oncology. Cancers (Basel), 12(11), 17. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12113398
• Rubio-San-Simon, A. et al. (2020). Challenges in early phase clinical trials for childhood cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from the new agents group of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (SEHOP). Clin Transl Oncol. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12094-020-02399-3 
• Saab, R., et al. (2020). Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on pediatric oncology care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia Region: A report from the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean (POEM) Group. Cancer, 10, 10. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33075
• Simon, A., et al. (2021). School and kindergarten attendance and home schooling of pediatric cancer patients before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a survey of the German Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology. GMS Hyg Infect Control. 16, Doc10. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000381
• Stokes, C. L., et al. (2020). Severe COVID-19 disease in two pediatric oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 67(9), e28432. doi:10.1002/pbc.28432 
• Traoré, F., et al. (2020). Patient management in pediatric oncology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Report from francophone Africa. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28571. doi:10.1002/pbc.28571
• van Gorp, M., et al. (2020). No increase in psychosocial stress of Dutch children with cancer and their caregivers during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer, e28827. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28827
• Vasquez, L., et al. (2020). Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care in Latin America. Lancet Oncol. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30280-1
• Vicent, M. G., et al. (2020). COVID-19 in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: The experience of Spanish Group of Transplant (GETMON/GETH). Pediatr Blood Cancer. e28514. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28514  
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• Wang, Z., et al. (2021). The Status of Pediatric Patients With Hematological Malignancy During COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan City, China. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 22, 22. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000002133 (not available as open access)
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