Has COVID-19 affected cancer screening programs? A systematic review

I Alkatout, M Biebl, Z Momenimovahed… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Health care services across the world have been enormously affected by the
onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Services in oncology have been …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast imaging

PE Freer - Radiologic Clinics, 2021 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Starting in Wuhan, China, followed quickly in the United States in January 2020, an outbreak
of a novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, escalated to a global pandemic by March. Significant …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer mortality in the US: estimates from collaborative simulation modeling

O Alagoz, KP Lowry, AW Kurian… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted breast
cancer control through short-term declines in screening and delays in diagnosis and …

Changes in mammography use by women's characteristics during the first 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic

BL Sprague, KP Lowry, DL Miglioretti… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a near-total
cessation of mammography services in the United States in mid-March 2020. It is unclear if …

The utilization and benefits of telehealth services by health care professionals managing breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

DA McGrowder, FG Miller, K Vaz, M Anderson Cross… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Telehealth is the delivery of many health care services and technologies to individuals at
different geographical areas and is categorized as asynchronously or synchronously. The …

Population‐level impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on breast cancer screening and diagnostic procedures

SJ Nyante, TS Benefield, CM Kuzmiak, K Earnhardt… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND To understand how health care delays may affect breast cancer detection,
the authors quantified changes in breast‐related preventive and diagnostic care during the …

US cancer screening recommendations: developments and the impact of COVID-19

A Barsouk, K Saginala, JS Aluru, P Rawla, A Barsouk - Medical Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The USPSTF and ACS recommend screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, and lung
cancers. Rates of cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment decreased significantly in the …

Delay in breast cancer diagnosis and its clinical consequences during the coronavirus disease pandemic

B Koca, M Yildirim - Journal of surgical oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective At the end of 1 year of the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic, we aimed
to reveal the changes in breast cancer cases in the context of cause and effect based on the …

Changes in the quality of cancer care as assessed through performance indicators during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a scoping review

AS Carvalho, Ó Brito Fernandes, M de Lange… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cancer comprises a high burden on health systems. Performance indicators
monitoring cancer outcomes are routinely used in OECD countries. However, the …

Breast cancer management in the era of Covid-19; key issues, contemporary strategies, and future implications

AHMSU Prodhan, DZ Islam, SS Khandker… - … Cancer: Targets and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
During the COVID-19 pandemic, several priority diseases were not getting sufficient
attention. Whilst breast cancer is a fatal disease affecting millions worldwide, identification …