ABSTRACT
Background: COVID-19 pandemic was a real challenge to healthcare systems worldwide, particularly in emerging nations;this study aims to provide a vision of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer (BC) management and reconstruction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted across health care practitioners;we accumulated data by an online questionnaire from 58 physicians in different specialties about the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on their practice from March 2021 to May 2021. Results: About 45% of participants reduced medical practice during Covid-19 pandemic by 10 - 30 %, and 41% reduced medical practice by 31-50%. About half of the participants (48%) treated less than five breast cancer patients infected by Covid-19, and about 36% of patients developed Covid-19 infection under chemotherapy. Conclusion: there was a considerable reduction in providing health services to patients affected by breast cancer, yet Saudi Arabia managed to get out of this pandemic with the least damage possible due to governmental efforts. In capable countries and organizations, health authorities should share their expertise and experience to prevent damage to people already suffering from a devastating disease like breast cancer.