ArticleDermatology reports2021
The effect of COVID-19 emergency in the management of melanoma in Italy.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Melanoma and Keratinocyte Carcinomas: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2024Pooled it
- The Epidemiology of Malignant Melanoma during the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Getting even: occurrence of histopathological primitive melanoma diagnoses 3 years after the COVID-19 lockdown.Dermatology reports · 2026Article
- Healthcare and safety of patients with melanoma during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2022Article
- Optimising the Management of Malignant Melanoma during COVID-19.JPRAS open · 2022Article
- Increase in American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage at Diagnosis for Patients with Skin Cancers after the COVID-19 Lockdown.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2022Article
- Melanoma Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency: A Literature Review and Single-Center Experience.Cancers · 2021Review
- COVID-19-related consequences on melanoma diagnoses from a local Italian registry in Genoa, Italy.International journal of dermatology · 2021Article
- Did COVID-19 lockdown delay actually worsen melanoma prognosis?Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaObservational
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely hampered the functioning of any health system, absorbing a considerable amount of resources and with the threat of widespread infection in the health services. The present survey has been carried out in Italy to evaluate if and how COVID-19 also affected skin melanoma management. We enrolled 13 Italian centres highly qualified in the diagnosis and care of skin melanoma. We compared a set of information evaluating the amount of activity for melanoma performed during February-April 2020 with the same quarter in 2019. The number of new melanoma diagnosis, biopsies, wide local excisions, overall pathology reports decreased. However, the most severe cases seem promptly managed with sentinel lymph node biopsies, new systemic treatments (north) and the total number of (advanced) treated patients (centre-south). The COVID-19 experience has underlined the need to exploit the help which may come from telemedicine.
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