The unfavorable effects of COVID‐19 on Dutch advanced melanoma care

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic had a severe impact on medical care. Our study aims to investigate the impact of COVID‐19 on advanced melanoma care in the Netherlands. We selected patients diagnosed with irresectable stage IIIc and IV melanoma during the first and second COVID‐19 wave and compared them with patients diagnosed within the same time frame in 2018 and 2019. Patients were divided into three geographical regions. We investigated baseline characteristics, time from diagnosis until start of systemic therapy and postponement of anti‐PD‐1 courses. During both waves, fewer patients were d... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Not, Olivier J.
van Breeschoten, Jesper
van den Eertwegh, Alfonsus J. M.
Hilarius, Doranne L.
De Meza, Melissa M.
Haanen, John B.
Blank, Christian U.
Aarts, Maureen J. B.
van den Berkmortel, Franchette W. P. J.
de Groot, Jan Willem B.
Hospers, Geke A. P.
Ismail, Rawa K.
Kapiteijn, Ellen
Piersma, Djura
van Rijn, Rozemarijn S.
Stevense‐den Boer, Marion A. M.
van der Veldt, Astrid A. M.
Vreugdenhil, Gerard
Boers‐Sonderen, Marye J.
Blokx, Willeke A. M.
Suijkerbuijk, Karijn P. M.
Wouters, Michel W. J. M.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: International Journal of Cancer ; volume 150, issue 5, page 816-824 ; ISSN 0020-7136 1097-0215
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley
Schlagwörter: Cancer Research / Oncology
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27079742
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33833