Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Diagnosis in Madrid (Spain) Based on the RTMAD Tumor Registry (2019-2021).

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a significant disruption to cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention worldwide that could have serious consequences in the near future. We intend to evaluate the weight of this backlog on a community-wide scale in Madrid during the period 2020-2021, and whether a stage shift towards the advanced stage has occurred. Cancer diagnoses in the Madrid tumor registry (RTMAD) from 2019-2021 were evaluated. Absolute and percentage differences in annual volume and observed-to-expected (O/E) volume ratios were calculated. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using the O/E ratio. The SIR for 2020-2021 compared to 2019 was 94.5% (95% CI 93.8-95.3), with unequal gender-specific cancer diagnosis recovery (88.5% for males and 102.1% for females). Most cancer types were underdiagnosed in 2020. The tendency worsened in 2021 for colorectal and prostate cancers (87.8%), but lung cancer recovered (102.1%) and breast cancer was over-diagnosed (114.4%) compared with reference pre-COVID-19 data. These changes have modified the ranking of the most frequent malignancies diagnosed in Madrid. Breast cancer has overtaken colorectal and prostate cancers, displaced to second and third position, respectively. Not only was colorectal cancer diagnosis affected more as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic but diagnosis of this malignancy at the advance stage also increased by 3.6% in 2020 and 4.2% in 2021 compared to the reference period of 2019. In summary, there is a large volume of undetected cancer in Madrid caused by the reduced access to care secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially regarding colorectal and prostate cancer. Strategies are needed to recover the backlog of diagnoses and effectively treat these cases in the future and solve the negative impact that will be caused by the diagnostic delay. Analyzing the impact of new diagnoses suffered by each different malignancy and their recovery will help to understand how the future allocation of resources should look.

Estrategia para la fusión de docencia, asistencia e investigaciones / A strategy to join teaching, health assistance and research

El desarrollo alcanzado por el sistema de salud cubano en los últimos años que lo ha colocado a la cabeza de Latinoamérica y por la formación de profesionales de la salud para Cuba y para el mundo .Inmersos en un proceso revolucionario , de constantes transformaciones en los servicios de salud y en la educación médica superior se propone estrategia hospitalaria con el propósito de proporcionar mayor calidad de vida a la población .La Vicedirección de Docencia e Investigaciones realiza acciones para enfrentar el nuevo reto ,cambiando métodos y estilos de trabajo para alcanzar la excelencia y lograr la fusión asistencia, docencia e investigaciones...(AU)

Cuban Health System is in the forefront of Latin-America because of the advances in this field during the last years and the formation of health professionals for Cuba and the world. The revolutionary process favours the constant transformations in health services and high medical studies, thus a strategy in hospitals is proposed aimed at providing a greater quality of life in the population. The Department of the Teaching Process and Investigations conducts the actions to face the new challenge, changing methods and styles of work to achieve the academic excellence and the fusion of teaching process, medical assistance and investigations...(AU)

Perfeccionamiento de los recursos humanos de enfermería / Training of the Nursing Manpower

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo para conocer sobre la formación de recursos humanos de Enfermería, en el Hospital "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado", de Pinar del Río en el curso académico 2006/2007. En el presente estudio se realizó una amplia revisión documental de la formación del nuevo personal de enfermería y superación de los técnicos de enfermería que laboran en dicho hospital. Además nos referimos a la superación y obtención del grado científico en la mencionada especialidad y las perspectivas en la formación y utilización de los recursos humanos de enfermería del nuevo modelo de formación del licenciado en enfermería; planificación de los recursos humanos para la salud y características generales de la carrera de licenciatura en Enfermería. La información se obtuvo de archivos del departamento de docencia del mencionado hospital. Los resultados arrojaron que en el tiempo de estudio se formaron 411 enfermeros, elevándose de esta forma el nivel científico técnico y la calidad de la atención. La información fue procesada por el método porcentual y se presentan los resultados a través de tablas.

A retrospective descriptive study is carried out in order to know the training of the nursing manpower in the "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital". Pinar del Río during the academic course 2006/2007 in Pinar del Río City. In the present study a wide document review is performed on the training of the new nursing personnel and the nursing technicians who work in the hospital. We will also refer to the training and use of the nursing manpower and the new training model of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing , planning of the health manpower as well as the general characteristics of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The information was obtained from the records of the Teaching Department at the hospital, results yielded that 411 nurses are studying during the time analyzed elevating the scientific level and the quality of the health care, information was processed by the percent method and the results are presented in Tables.

Perfeccionamiento de los recursos humanos de Enfermería: hospital “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”, curso 2006-2007 / Training of the Nursing manpower: “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado” hospial

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo para conocer sobre la formación de recursos humanos de Enfermería, en el Hospital “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”, de Pinar del Río en el curso académico 2006/2007. En el presente estudio se realizó una amplia revisión documental de la formación del nuevo personal de enfermería y superación de los técnicos de enfermería que laboran en dicho hospital. Además nos referimos a la superación y obtención del grado científico en la mencionada especialidad y las perspectivas en la formación y utilización de los recursos humanos de enfermería del nuevo modelo de formación del licenciado en enfermería; planificación de los recursos humanos para la salud y características generales de la carrera de licenciatura en Enfermería. La información se obtuvo de archivos del departamento de docencia del mencionado hospital. Los resultados arrojaron que en el tiempo de estudio se formaron 411 enfermeros, elevándose de esta forma el nivel científico técnico y la calidad de la atención. La información fue procesada por el método porcentual y se presentan los resultados a través de tablas (AU)

A retrospective descriptive study is carried out in order to know the training of the nursing manpower in the “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital”. Pinar del Río during the academic course 2006/2007 in Pinar del Río City. In the present study a wide document review is performed on the training of the new nursing personnel and the nursing technicians who work in the hospital. We will also refer to the training and use of the nursing manpower and the new training model of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing , planning of the health manpower as well as the general characteristics of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The information was obtained from the records of the Teaching Department at the hospital, results yielded that 411 nurses are studying during the time analyzed elevating the scientific level and the quality of the health care, information was processed by the percent method and the results are presented in Tables (AU)