COVID-19 pandemic has brought a paradigm shift in the treatment of various surgical
gastrointestinal disorders. Given the increasing number of patients requiring hospitalization …

Background The CovidSurg-Cancer Consortium aimed to explore the impact of COVID-19 in
surgical patients and services for solid cancers at the start of the pandemic. The CovidSurg …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted elective and emergency
surgery around the world. We aimed to confirm the incidence of perioperative severe acute …

Background The spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes COVID-19 disease,
profoundly impacted the surgical community. Recommendations have been published to …

Early diagnosis of cancer, followed by timely and appropriate therapy, are the cornerstones
of the secondary prevention of cancer, thus the NHS has set a 2028 target to achieve 75 …

Background Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery.
Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling …

Delivering lung cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant and
ongoing challenges. There is a lack of published COVID-19 and lung cancer evidence …

Background: The evaluation of scholarly articles' impact has been heavily based on the
citation metrics despite the limitations of this approach. Therefore, the quest for meticulous …

Aim The object of this work was to study how National Health Service hospitals in England
and Wales aimed to maintain effective and safe colorectal cancer (CRC) services during the …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption of regular healthcare leading to
reduced hospital attendances, repurposing of surgical facilities, and cancellation of cancer …