COVID-19 pandemic: impact on cancer patients

M Rucinska, S Nawrocki - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In December 2019, there were first reports of an atypical pneumonia detected in Wuhan city,
China. The infectious agent was soon identified as a novel enveloped beta-coronavirus. In …

Breast cancer and COVID-19: challenges in surgical management

Z Petropoulou, N Arkadopoulos, NV Michalopoulos - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The COVID-19 pandemic imposed serious strain on healthcare services
and patient management, affecting almost every medical field. Cancer patients underwent …

Trends in breast cancer screening during the COVID‐19 pandemic within a universally insured health system in the United States, 2017–2022

V Mani, A Banaag, S Munigala, A Umoh… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In the United States, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed
cancer and second leading cause of cancer death in women. Early detection through …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer stage at diagnosis in a regional cancer center in Poland between 2019 and 2021

M Trojanowski, P Radomyski, K Matuszewski… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on oncology healthcare services in Poland,
with a reduction in the national breast cancer (BC) screening program coverage rates. This …

COVID-19 pandemic and its reflection on breast cancer screening in Brazil

UMM Cunha, KDT de Lucena… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Introdução: o câncer de mama tem sido a principal causa de morte entre mulheres no Brasil
e no mundo. Durante os anos de isolamento social devido à COVID-19, serviços de saúde …

Improving the cancer adult patient support network (iCAN): a pilot study on a communication model and modified focus group

G Campisi, M Bazzano, R Mauceri… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Many consider that cancer has the greatest impact of any disease in the world,
and it can drastically limit patients' quality of life. Combating such a life-threatening disease …

Nationwide mammography screening participation in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study

TB Olesen, H Jensen, H Møller, JW Jensen… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: In most of the world, the mammography screening programmes were paused
at the start of the pandemic, whilst mammography screening continued in Denmark. We …

Mammography screening beliefs and barriers through the lens of Black women during the COVID‐19 pandemic

VJ Bea, A An, AM Gordon, FS Antoine, PY Wiggins… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mammography is an effective screening tool that leads to decreased breast
cancer mortality, yet minority women continue to experience barriers. The coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and the disruption of cancer screening programs: Key lessons for the recovery

L Rabeneck, M Saraiya - Preventive medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer screening programs are major public health interventions that prevent and/or detect
cancers early. Many countries have implemented programs for breast, cervical, colorectal …

Breast cancer care amidst a pandemic: a scoping review to understand the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on health services and health outcomes

C Myers, K Bennett, C Cahir - … Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health services for
breast cancer (BC) have been disrupted. Our scoping review examines the impact of the …