Diagnostic Delay in Adolescents with Cancer During COVID-19 Pandemic: A New Price for Our Patients to Pay.
J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol
; 11(3): 316-319, 2022 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1890824
ABSTRACT
Worldwide, the coronavirus 19 disease pandemic caused a worse chance of a timely diagnosis for cancer patients. We conducted a retrospective analysis of new diagnoses registered in the national pediatric oncology database, comparing the first lockdown period (March-May 2020) with the same period of 2015-2019. The total number of cases (0-19 years) dropped by 20.8% (from 441 between 2015 and 2019 to 349 in 2020). A major reduction was observed for adolescents (15-19 years) (-32.9%) and for adolescents with solid tumors (-56.4%, p = 0.03). Our data suggest that the enforced lockdown reduced the possibility for these already vulnerable patients to access the referral centers.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jayao.2021.0057
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