Breast Cancer Management During the COVID Pandemic.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
; 34(6): 732-736, 2024 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-38840361
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the impact of COVID-19 among both the newly diagnosed patients and patients under follow-up for breast cancer by focusing on patients' accessibility to management and comparing the distribution of them before and during pandemic. STUDYDESIGN:
Single-centric retrospective study. Place and Duration of the Study Department of General Surgery and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atilim University, Medicana International Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye, from March 2018 to 2022.METHODOLOGY:
The data were collected to analyse numbers and distributions of physician visits regarding breast cancer.RESULTS:
The mean age of patients was 55.98 ± 12.60 years. The percentages of newly diagnosed cases showed similarity (7.37% vs. 9.79%) before and during the pandemic (p = 0.18). The number of imaging studies decreased by 53.33% in patients under follow-up (p = 0.006), despite screening tests showed a similar trend (p = 0.145). General surgery visits marked up (+44.6%), in contrast to plastic surgery visits (-42.04%, p <0.001). Patients' admissions decreased in many COVID-19 related clinics (pulmonology, emergency, internal medicine, and intensive care), but cardiology (+96.59%) and rehabilitation (+75%) admissions increased during the pandemic (p <0.001). The number of medical oncology and radiation oncology visits did not change (p >0.05).CONCLUSION:
Total number of physician visits was similar before and during the pandemic despite the changing distribution. While COVID-19 led to markedly rising trends of surgical, cardiological, and rehabilitative management in patients with breast cancer, falling trends were seen in other specialities except oncology which showed a plateau during two years. The falling trends of visits to pulmonology, emergency, internal medicine, and intensive care clinics may be explained by crowded COVID-19 cases. KEY WORDS Breast cancer, COVID-19, Surgery, Oncology, Rehabilitation.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article