Optimizing breast cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Breast Cancer
; 27(6): 1045-1047, 2020 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-778098
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic poses current and future challenges in the maintenance of surgical operating capacity. In the United Kingdom surgery has continued-in a reduced capacity-through the establishment of regional 'cancer hubs' using independent sector facilities to treat public healthcare patients. It is essential that these scarce operating facilities available are optimally utilized and that logistical challenges that result from remote operating away from the surgeon's primary hospital site are considered. These issues are best addressed through the application of currently available medical technology and enhanced training in advanced oncoplastic techniques, which extend the limits of breast conservation.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mammaplasty
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Coronavirus Infections
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
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Pandemics
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Mastectomy
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Breast Cancer
Journal subject:
Neoplasms
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12282-020-01160-6
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