The changing face of cancer surgery during multiple waves of COVID-19

R Fu, P Kamalraj, Q Li, J Hallet, D Gomez… - JNCI Cancer …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
COVID-19 has had a detrimental effect on the provision of cancer surgery, but its impact
beyond the first 6 months of the pandemic remains unclear. We used data on 799 220 …

[HTML][HTML] Delay in diagnosis and treatment of primary bone tumors during COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

D Kotrych, D Ciechanowicz, J Pawlik, M Szyjkowska… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The diagnosis and treatment of patients with bone neoplasms is often a
demanding task, and at the same time, inadequate treatment may worsen the patients' …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of patients undergoing elective liver and pancreas cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicentre, prospective …

SC McKay, COVIDSurg Collaborative - HPB, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection upon HPB cancer surgery perioperative
outcomes is unclear. Establishing risk is key to individualising treatment pathways. We …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical care in the Netherlands

MR De Graaff, RNM Hogenbirk… - British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption of regular healthcare leading to
reduced hospital attendances, repurposing of surgical facilities, and cancellation of cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 on common non-elective general surgery diagnoses

CE Reinke, H Wang, K Thompson, BL Paton… - Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health and hospital policies were
enacted to decrease virus transmission and increase hospital capacity. Our aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer presentation, management and outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic

BM Pirozzi, L Siragusa, G Baldini, M Pellicciaro… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of the study was to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic and related
measures had an influence on colorectal cancer (CRC) presentation, management, and …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the concept of urgency in surgical prioritization and addressing backlogs in elective surgery provision

K Wiebe, S Kelley, RE Kirsch - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
• Governments should fund health care systems to ensure timely completion of elective
surgeries while still ensuring that urgent surgeries can be accommodated.• Surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Delaying surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy affects survival in patients with colorectal peritoneal metastases: a BIG-RENAPE Network Multicentric study

F Dumont, V Kepenekian, V De Franco… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Multimodal treatment for patients with peritoneal metastases (PM) from
colorectal cancer (CRC), including perioperative chemotherapy (CT) plus complete …

Physical activity and physical fitness among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO European Region: a systematic review …

H Ludwig-Walz, W Siemens, S Heinisch, I Dannheim… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The implementation of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions resulted in
limitations for physical activity (PA) opportunities, which may have initiated a longer-term …

IPVS policy statement on HPV nucleic acid testing guidance for those utilising/considering HPV as primary precancer screening: Quality assurance and quality control …

SM Garland, T Iftner, K Cuschieri, AM Kaufmann… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
We advise that only clinically validated HPV assays which have fulfilled internationally
accepted performance criteria be used for primary cervical screening. Further, assays …