Is choosing wisely wise for lobular carcinoma in patients over 70 years of age? A national cancer database analysis of sentinel node practice patterns

NH Goldhaber, T O'Keefe, J Kang, S Douglas… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Controversy continues in the treatment of breast cancer in women over 70
years of age. In 2016, the Society of Surgical Oncology recommended against routine use of …

Lessons learned from COVID-19: improving breast cancer care post-pandemic from the patient perspective

C Myers, K Bennett, C Cahir - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Background Since the onset of the pandemic, breast cancer (BC) services have been
disrupted in most countries. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the unmet …

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Elective and Emergency Surgeries, and Postoperative Mortality in a Brazilian Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Cohort Study

DP Ferreira, CV Bolognani, LA Santana… - … and Healthcare Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic posed a worldwide challenge, leading to radical changes
in surgical services. The primary objective of the study was to assess the impact of COVID …

Disentangling the relationship between cancer mortality and COVID-19 in the US

CL Hansen, C Viboud, L Simonsen - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Several countries have reported that deaths with a primary code of cancer did not rise during
COVID-19 pandemic waves compared to baseline pre-pandemic levels. This is in apparent …

Correction: Global elective breast-and colorectal cancer surgery performance backlogs, attributable mortality and implemented health system responses during the …

PLOS Global Public Health Staff - PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There are errors in the Funding statement. The publisher apologizes for the errors. The
correct Funding statement is as follows: SH received a scholarship from Africa Health …