A comparison of surgical management and early results of breast cancer patients in COVID-19 pandemia

ABSTRACT

Objective: All equipment and personnel used in the healthcare field during the COVID-19 pandemic may need to be used for the isolation, diagnosis and treatment of pandemic patients. So we think that there may have been some delays in surgical treatment in the oncological patient group during the pandemic period. For this reason, we aimed to compare the demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients who were operated with the diagnosis of breast cancer before and during the pandemic in our center. Material and Method: The study was retrospectively designed at Eskisehir Osmangazi University Hospital General Surgery Clinic. Demographic and clinicopathological data of all patients who were operated for breast cancer 9 months before and 9 months after the declaration of the pandemic were retrospectively analyzed and compared statistically.