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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on treatment of colorectal cancer patients.
Elamin, Doua; Ozgur, Ilker; Steele, Scott R; Khorana, Alok A; Jia, Xue; Gorgun, Emre.
  • Elamin D; Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Ozgur I; Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Steele SR; Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Khorana AA; Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Jia X; Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
  • Gorgun E; Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: gorgune@ccf.org.
Am J Surg ; 225(5): 934-936, 2023 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2220423
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Modifications to practice during COVID pandemic impacted health maintenance and treatment of cancer patients.

METHODS:

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all consecutive patients presenting to our institution with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer pre-COVID (January 2017 to December 2019) and post-COVID (January to December 2020).

RESULTS:

The total number of patients with a new diagnosis of CRC was 2196. The pre-COVID period had 1891 patients whereas post-COVID period had 305. The median number of patients diagnosed with CRC per month was 50 and 35.5 pre and post-COVID, respectively. Time to treatment initiation was similar with no difference in stage at presentation for the pre and post-COVID periods.

CONCLUSION:

There was a significant decrease in colorectal cancer diagnosis number and rate (p < 0.01) during the COVID era with no difference in staging at diagnosis or time to treatment initiation.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Colorectal Neoplasms / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Am J Surg Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.amjsurg.2023.01.028

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Colorectal Neoplasms / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Am J Surg Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.amjsurg.2023.01.028