Social distress among medical oncologists and other healthcare professionals during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

•This is the first Italian survey on healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) social distress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.•The majority expressed the fear of being at high risk of contagion and the weighty concern of infecting their families.•Insufficient supply of personal protective equipment and inadequate training about procedures correlate with these worries.•Reducing workers’ psychological distress will certainly yield...