Implementation of breast cancer and cervical cancer screening programmes in Poland during the first period of restrictions introduced due to COVID -19 pandemic
Medycyna Og..lna i Nauki o Zdrowiu
; 27(4):428-434, 2021.
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in Polish
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1727287
ABSTRACT
Introduction and objective:
Prophylactic examinations allow the reduction in morbidity from breast cancer and cervical cancer. The aim of the study was to estimate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the first months of restrictions in public life, introduced due to the risk of its outbreak, on the provision of services within cancer prevention programmes in Poland. Material andmethods:
The analysis was performed based on information concerning the number of mammography and cytology tests carried out as part of the breast cancer screening programme and cervical cancer screening programme. The study was conducted during January - May in 2020, and the same period in 2019 - as a basis for comparison. The data relate to three (out of sixteen) Polish Provinces Katowice, Warsaw and Olsztyn.
Diagnosis of Human Disease [VV720]; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries [VV600]; human diseases; breast cancer; screening; neoplasms; cervical cancer; cervix; disease prevention; infections; mammary gland neoplasms; morbidity; outbreaks; pandemics; prognosis; prophylaxis; women; coronavirus disease 2019; viral diseases; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Poland; Central Europe; Europe; European Union Countries; high income countries; OECD Countries; very high Human Development Index countries; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; mammary tumour; cancers; screening tests; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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Medycyna Og..lna i Nauki o Zdrowiu
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2021
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