RESUMEN América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) es una región altamente urbanizada, con un promedio del 80% de la población viviendo en ciudades, cifra que aumenta en algunos países. Las ciudades y su entorno concentran además una alta proporción de las manufacturas industriales y por puertos situados en zonas urbanas pasan la inmensa mayoría de las importaciones y exportaciones de todo tipo. Todo ello nos indica que la inmensa mayoría de las mercancías de América Latina se producen, se consumen (o ambas cosas a la vez) y/o atraviesan ciudades.

Purpose: COVID-19 has affected cancer care worldwide. Clinical trials are an important alternative for the treatment of oncologic patients, especially in Latin America, where trials can be the only opportunity for some of them to access novel and, sometimes, standard treatments.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, in which a 22-question survey regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncology clinical trials was sent to 350 representatives of research programs in selected Latin American institutions, members of the Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group.Results: There were 90 research centers participating in the survey, with 70 of them from Brazil. The majority were partly private or fully private (n = 77; 85.6%) and had confirmed COVID-19 cases at the institution (n = 57; 63.3%). Accruals were suspended at least for some studies in 80% (n = 72) of the responses, mostly...