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           impose as much socially disruptive restrictions on   patients [15-17]. The COVID-19 global pandemic
           patients [4,5]. Our  goals were to investigate  the   had a wide-ranging impact on health care services,
           causes of pulmonary fibrosis and conceptualize the   interfering  with  the  flow  of  patients  to  medical
           cell differentiation agent (CDA) formulations that   facilities  as usual, taxing, and overwhelming
           can be used as efficient treatments for the disease.  the system’s resources, and forcing the adoption
              The  repair  of lung damage  brought on by        of additional  protective  measures and social
           COVID-19 infection  is  crucial  to  restoring  lung   segregation  with  increased  telehealth  and  remote
           function.  However, the  healing  process is not     treatments use.
           going as it should be as evident in the formation
           of  pulmonary  fibrosis  [6,7]. Another  outcome  of   2. Viewpoints and conversations
           improper wound healing  is the development  of       The concept of chemotherapy surveillance was
           cancer [8]. COVID-19  infection  must, therefore,    introduced as a built-in protection against cancer.
           have  a  significant  impact  on  cancer,  and  vice   Later, it was altered as a natural system to guarantee
           versa. Chemosurveillance is a built-in process that   optimal wound  healing as the  main  goal of
           controls how well wounds heal [8-10]. A careful      preventing the development of diseases as a result
           investigation of how COVID-19 infection affects      of improper wound healing. Cancer, dementia,
           cancer patients is conducted.                        and tissue fibrosis are some of the illnesses linked
              A reported  risk factor  for the  emergence  of   to poor wound healing [18,19].  The idea behind
           severe events was receiving cancer therapy within    chemosurveillance was inspired by the discovery
           14 days of receiving a COVID-19 diagnosis [11].      that while cancer patients frequently displayed
           Septic shock, acute myocardial infarction,  and      deficiencies of these metabolites due to excessive
           acute  respiratory distress syndrome are a few of    urinary excretion, healthy individuals were able
           the reported serious complications  in the study     to maintain a steady level of metabolites active as
           group. Millions of people worldwide are affected     differentiation inducers (DIs) and differentiation
           by the deadly illness of cancer. Patients with cancer   helper inducers (DHIs) [20]. DIs are compounds that
           must attend  medical  institutions  more frequently   can remove telomerase from aberrant methylation
           than individuals  with other diseases because  of    enzymes (MEs), while DHIs are ME inhibitors [21].
           the nature of the disease and its treatment  [12].      Methionine      adenosyltransferase    (MAT)-
           Multidisciplinary teams must be fully involved in    methyltransferase  (MT)-S-adenosylhomocysteine
           the treatment of cancer patients at all stages of the   hydrolases  (SAHH) are  the  building  blocks  of
           disease, from diagnosis to survivorship or end-of-   MEs. Since the hypomethylation of nucleic acids
           life care. Patients need numerous hospital visits    is a  crucial  mechanism  for achieving  terminal
           over the course of the disease for evaluation  by    differentiation, the connection of telomerase with
           various clinicians, as well as numerous imaging or   MEs renders MEs to be highly persistent  and
           laboratory tests for diagnosis, staging, or monitoring   active  [22].  Normal  stem  cells,  also  known as
           the effects of treatment, in addition to various types   progenitor stem cells (PSCs), produce telomerase,
           of surgeries and interventions [13].                 which causes MEs to become aberrant cancer cells
              Patients  with cancer  require  assistance  from   (CCs). The cells responsible for wound healing are
           a wide range of professionals in addition to         the PSCs, which require DIs and DHIs to promote
           medical  professionals, including social workers,    terminal  differentiation  for effective wound
           psychologists, educators, and other support          healing  [23]. CDA  is the  moniker  given  to  the
           services. Patients who have been diagnosed with      concoction of DIs and DHIs. CDAs are metabolites
           cancer require ongoing care and support both         that aid in wound healing and are actively involved
           during and after treatment  [14]. Because any        in  chemo-surveillance.  Depending  on  the  extent
           unjustified  divergence  from  the  well-established   of cancer, patients have varying degrees of CDA
           standards may result in fragmented and subpar care   insufficiency [24].
           and a worse patient outcome, these services should      Low  molecular  weight  metabolites  include
           be  operating  in  harmony and  a  timely  manner    DIs and DHIs. Major DIs include acidic peptides
           with strong commitment and compliance from the       and organic acids. Uroerythrin and pregnenolone

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