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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Diagnoses in General and Specialized Practices in Germany.
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- The Concept of Health Debt Incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Example of Basal Cell Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Lower Silesia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer and Precursor Lesions-A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on postoperative outcomes using a nationwide Japanese database of patients undergoing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy and low anterior resection for gastric cancer and rectal cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Article
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- Health Economic Consequences Associated With COVID-19-Related Delay in Melanoma Diagnosis in Europe.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on the Quality of Associated Care in Patients with Gastric Cancer.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2024Review
- Medical care services provision and stress experience in urologists during all waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Trends in frailty in brain tumor care during the COVID-19 pandemic in a nationwide hospital network in Germany.European geriatric medicine · 2023Observational
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncological care in Germany: rapid review.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on cancer diagnosis in general and specialized practices in Germany. This study included a total of 102,009 patients aged ≥18 years newly diagnosed with cancer in 1660 practices in Germany from January to May 2019 and from January to May 2020. Practices included general, gynecology, ear, nose, and throat (ENT), dermatology, and urology practices. New cancer diagnoses included all types of cancer and corresponded to cancers not previously documented in the database for a given patient. The number of new cancer diagnoses per general practice decreased significantly between March and May 2020 compared with the same period in 2019 (March: -12.0%, April: -27.6%, and May: -23.4%). A similar trend was observed in specialized practices, and this trend was more pronounced in April 2020 (dermatology: -44.4%, gynecology: -32.0%, and ENT: -28.2%). In addition, there was a significant decrease in almost all sex and age groups in April and May 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. Finally, the decrease in the number of new cancer diagnoses was particularly pronounced among cancers of the skin and the respiratory and intrathoracic organs. Together, these data show that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on cancer diagnosis in Germany, highlighting the need for public health measures improving the management of cancer in this country during this ongoing pandemic.
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