The impact of lag time to cancer diagnosis and treatment on clinical outcomes prior to the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of systematic reviews and meta …

P Tope, E Farah, R Ali, M El-Zein, WH Miller, EL Franco - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted cancer care, raising concerns
regarding the impact of wait time, or 'lag time', on clinical outcomes. We aimed to …

The safety and acceptability of using telehealth for follow-up of patients following cancer surgery: A systematic review

K Xiao, JC Yeung, JC Bolger - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Although virtual consultations have played an increasing role in delivery of
healthcare, the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened their adoption. Furthermore, virtual …

Racial disparities in diagnostic evaluation of uterine cancer among Medicaid beneficiaries

X Xu, L Chen, M Nunez-Smith, M Clark… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background To inform reasons contributing to Black-White disparity in early diagnosis of
uterine cancer, we compared the quality of diagnostic evaluation received by Black vs White …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on thyroid surgery in a university hospital in South Korea

SH Kim, E Min, YM Hwang, YS Choi, JW Yi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare systems around the
world. Medical staff focused on managing infectious diseases and other treatments were …

Negotiating cancer alone: A qualitative study exploring care experiences of racially and ethnically diverse women diagnosed with breast cancer during COVID-19

I Martinez Leal, C Acquati, A Rogova… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 has critically impacted cancer care services including reduced screenings,
diagnoses, and surgeries; particularly among Black and Latina/x women who already suffer …

REPRESENT recommendations: improving inclusion and trust in cancer early detection research

F Brockhoven, M Raphael, J Currier… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Detecting cancer early is essential to improving cancer outcomes. Minoritized groups remain
underrepresented in early detection cancer research, which means that findings and …

The Impact of the Pandemic on the Quality of Colorectal and Anal Cancer Care, and 2-Year Clinical Outcomes

M Powis, R Sutradhar, S Singh, S Alibhai, S Hack… - Current …, 2024 - mdpi.com
We undertook a retrospective study to compare the quality of care delivered to a cohort of
newly diagnosed adults with colon, rectal or anal cancer during the early phase of COVID …

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mortality among patients with colorectal cancer in Hiroshima, Japan: A large cancer registry study

D Miyamori, T Kamitani, S Yoshida… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID‐19
pandemic on colorectal cancer care and mortality using a large cancer registry in Hiroshima …

The Changing Landscape of Thyroid Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Four-Year Analysis in a University Hospital in Romania

CVI Feier, C Muntean, AM Faur, A Blidari, OE Contes… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant
changes in healthcare systems worldwide, including the prioritization of infectious disease …

Awareness of disease status among patients with cancer: an integrative review

CS Finlayson, WE Rosa, S Mathew… - Cancer …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background As the quality of cancer care improves, oncology patients face a rapidly
increasing number of treatment options. Thus, it is vital that they are full and active partners …