Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

F Gavi, PE Santoro, C Amantea, P Russo, F Marino… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on patients with
urological malignancies (prostate cancer, bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer, kidney …

Oncologic impact of delaying radical prostatectomy in men with intermediate-and high-risk prostate cancer: a systematic review

E Laukhtina, R Sari Motlagh, K Mori, F Quhal… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To summarize the available evidence on the survival and pathologic outcomes
after deferred radical prostatectomy (RP) in men with intermediate-and high-risk prostate …

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on genitourinary cancers stage and grade

D Taheri, F Jahanshahi, A Khajavi, F Kafi… - Clinical genitourinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Our study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
number of uro-oncological surgeries (cystectomy, nephrectomy, prostatectomy, orchiectomy …

Patterns of prostate-specific antigen testing and prostate biopsies during the COVID-19 pandemic

HW Kaufman, Z Chen, JK Niles, J Radcliff… - JCO Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE This study examined changes in prostate disease screening (prostatic-specific
antigen [PSA] testing), prostate biopsy testing, and prostate cancer diagnoses during the …

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on delivery of prostate cancer care in Australia: An interrupted time series analysis

B Ng Hung Shin, S Tan, H Rhee… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic led to a major disruption to health services across the world. The
aim of this population‐based study was to assess the downstream effects of the pandemic …

Healthcare in England was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic across the pancreatic cancer pathway: a cohort study using OpenSAFELY-TPP

A Lemanska, C Andrews, L Fisher, S Bacon… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Healthcare across all sectors, in the UK and globally, was negatively affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed healthcare services delivered to people with …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining a new model of acute stroke care: a mixed-method process evaluation of the Melbourne mobile stroke unit

KL Bagot, T Purvis, S Hancock, H Zhao… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

Systematic review of time to definitive treatment for intermediate risk and high risk prostate cancer: Are delays associated with worse outcomes?

DD Nguyen, L Haeuser, M Paciotti, C Reitblat… - The Journal of …, 2021 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Prostate cancer is most commonly an indolent disease, especially when detected
at a localized stage. Unlike other tumors that may benefit from timely receipt of definitive …

The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic on the increasing risk of adverse pathology in prostate cancer patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

Ł Nyk, H Kamecki, B Zagożdżon, A Tokarczyk… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
We aimed to assess whether the ongoing course of the COVID-19 epidemic has been
associated with an increased risk of adverse pathology (AP) findings in prostate cancer (PC) …

COVID-19 pandemic impact on uro-oncological disease outcomes at an Italian tertiary referral center

M Oderda, F Soria, F Rosi, G Calleris, S Mazzoli… - World journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To assess differences in referral and pathologic outcomes for uro-oncology cases
prior to and during the COVID pandemic, comparing clinical and pathological data of cancer …