The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast imaging

PE Freer - Radiologic Clinics, 2021 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Starting in Wuhan, China, followed quickly in the United States in January 2020, an outbreak
of a novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, escalated to a global pandemic by March. Significant …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast imaging: an analysis of the national mammography database

LJ Grimm, C Lee, RD Rosenberg, J Burleson… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to quantify the initial decline and subsequent rebound in
breast cancer screening metrics throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

COVID-19: safe guidelines for breast imaging during the pandemic

JM Seely, AM Scaranelo, C Yong-Hing… - Canadian …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, breast imaging must be performed using safe practices.
Balancing the need to avoid delays in the diagnosis of breast cancer while avoiding …

[HTML][HTML] Breast imaging and cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations from the Italian College of Breast Radiologists by SIRM

F Pediconi, F Galati, D Bernardi, P Belli, B Brancato… - La radiologia …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Italian College of Breast Radiologists by the Italian Society of Medical
Radiology (SIRM) provides recommendations for breast care provision and procedural …

Prioritizing breast imaging services during the COVID pandemic: a survey of breast imaging facilities within the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium

BL Sprague, ES O'Meara, CI Lee, JM Lee… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted breast cancer screening and diagnostic imaging in the
United States. We sought to evaluate how medical facilities prioritized breast imaging …

Barriers to breast cancer screening are worsened amidst COVID-19 pandemic: a review

A Tsapatsaris, K Babagbemi, MB Reichman - Clinical Imaging, 2022 - Elsevier
Disparities in screening mammography and barriers to accessing breast cancer screening
are most prevalent among racial/ethnic minority and low-income women. The significant …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening volumes and patient screening behaviors

MM Miller, MO Meneveau, CM Rochman… - Breast cancer research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose In order to facilitate targeted outreach, we sought to identify patient populations with
a lower likelihood of returning for breast cancer screening after COVID-19-related imaging …

Population‐level impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on breast cancer screening and diagnostic procedures

SJ Nyante, TS Benefield, CM Kuzmiak, K Earnhardt… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND To understand how health care delays may affect breast cancer detection,
the authors quantified changes in breast‐related preventive and diagnostic care during the …

Changes in mammography use by women's characteristics during the first 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic

BL Sprague, KP Lowry, DL Miglioretti… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a near-total
cessation of mammography services in the United States in mid-March 2020. It is unclear if …

Breast biopsy recommendations and breast cancers diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic

KP Lowry, MCS Bissell, DL Miglioretti, K Kerlikowske… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic reduced mammography use, potentially delaying
breast cancer diagnoses. Purpose To examine breast biopsy recommendations and breast …