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Tor Vergata University-Hospital in the Beginning of COVID-19-Era: Experience and Recommendation for Breast Cancer Patients.

Buonomo, Oreste Claudio; Materazzo, Marco; Pellicciaro, Marco; Caspi, Jonathan; Piccione, Emilio; Vanni, Gianluca.

In Vivo ; 34(3 Suppl): 1661-1665, 2020 Jun.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-531488

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has been officially declared as a pandemic by the WHO. Italy was the first European country to be strongly affected by this outbreak. All elective and health promotion activities were reduced. Accordingly, Italian Breast Units and breast cancer (BC) screening programs scaled down significantly their activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate measures that could potentially reduce the clinical impact of COVID-19 on BC patients. Temporary recommendations are needed that could assist specialists in preventing COVID-19 infection and optimizing resources for diagnosis and treatment of BC patients.

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Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Breast Neoplasms/therapy , Coronavirus Infections , Elective Surgical Procedures/psychology , Hospitals, University , Hospitals, Urban , Mastectomy/psychology , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Treatment Refusal/psychology , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Breast Neoplasms/psychology , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , COVID-19 , Carcinoma/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma/psychology , Carcinoma/surgery , Carcinoma/therapy , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/psychology , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery , Combined Modality Therapy , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Delayed Diagnosis , Disease Management , Early Detection of Cancer , Estrogens , Female , Humans , Mammography , Mass Screening , Neoadjuvant Therapy , Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/diagnostic imaging , Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/psychology , Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/surgery , Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/therapy , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , Rome , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/psychology , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/therapy

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