Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands:a population-based study

Background The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Dutch national screening program to a halt and increased the burden on health care services, necessitating the introduction of specific breast cancer treatment recommendations from week 12 of 2020. We aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the diagnosis, stage and initial treatment of breast cancer. Methods Women included in the Netherlands Cancer Registry and diagnosed during four periods in weeks 2-17 of 2020 were compared with reference data from 2018/2019 (averaged). Weekly incidence was calculated by age group and tumor stag... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Eijkelboom, Anouk H.
de Munck, Linda
Vrancken Peeters, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D.
Broeders, Mireille J. M.
Strobbe, Luc J. A.
Bos, Monique E. M. M.
Schmidt, Marjanka K.
Guerrero Paez, Cristina
Smidt, Marjolein L.
Bessems, Maud
Verloop, Janneke
Linn, Sabine
Lobbes, Marc B. I.
Honkoop, Aafke H.
van den Bongard, Desiree H. J. G.
Westenend, Pieter J.
Wesseling, Jelle
van der Houven van Oordt, C. Willemien
Tjan-Heijnen, Vivianne C. G.
Siesling, Sabine
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Eijkelboom , A H , de Munck , L , Vrancken Peeters , M-J T F D , Broeders , M J M , Strobbe , L J A , Bos , M E M M , Schmidt , M K , Guerrero Paez , C , Smidt , M L , Bessems , M , Verloop , J , Linn , S , Lobbes , M B I , Honkoop , A H , van den Bongard , D H J G , Westenend , P J , Wesseling , J , van der Houven van Oordt , C W , Tjan-Heijnen , V C G , Siesling , S , NABON COVID-19 Consortium & COVID-and-Cancer-NL Consortium 2021 , ' Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands : a population-based study ' , Journal of Hematology & Oncology , vol. 14 , no. 1 , 64 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01073-7
Schlagwörter: COVID-19 / Breast cancer / Incidence / Screening / Treatment / Stage / Population-based
Sprache: Englisch
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