Life `hanging by a thread` for Italian cancer patients in coronavirus crisis
(The Guardian Italy)

Treatment and transplants for some postponed as hospitals are turned over to treat virusCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSince the coronavirus outbreak hit Italy, Francesca Masi has felt her life has been hanging by a thread. She was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow cancer, in 2016 and was due to have a transplant this month, but now fears it will be postponed as the country deals with the pandemic.Access for thousands of cancer patients in need of chemotherapy, scans, transplants and surgery has become difficult, if not impossible, in Italy´s Covid-19 emergency. Continue reading...