ArticleBMC gastroenterology2021
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer patients: a single-center retrospective study.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: a Systematic Review.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2023Pooled it
- The safety of colorectal cancer surgery during the COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: A retrospective study and meta-analysis of data from 11,082 participants.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to colorectal cancer treatment in Brazil: a spatial and interrupted time-series analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-associated mortality: A descriptive longitudinal study of UK data.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in South Korea.Cancer management and research · 2024Article
- Assessing Changes in Colon Cancer Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Four-Year Analysis at a Romanian University Hospital.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer screening in New York City.Journal of medical screening · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on older cancer patients: Proposed solution by the International Geriatric Radiotherapy Group.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elective Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Lessons to Be Learned.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Clinical presentation, management, screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Review
- Safe Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current obesity reports · 2022Review
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes of surgically treated colorectal diseases: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2022Article
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- Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Henan, China: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Surgical Treatment Patterns for Colorectal Cancer in a Tertiary Medical Facility in Korea.Cancers · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSince December 2019, China has experienced a public health emergency from the coronavirus disease, which has become a pandemic and is impacting the care of cancer patients worldwide. This study evaluated the impact of the pandemic on colorectal cancer (CRC) patients at our center and aimed to share the lessons we learned with clinics currently experiencing this impact.
methodsWe retrospectively collected data on CRC patients admitted between January 1, 2020 and May 3, 2020; the control group comprised patients admitted between January 1, 2019 and May 3, 2019.
resultsDuring the pandemic, outpatient volumes decreased significantly, especially those of nonlocal and elderly patients, whereas the number of patients who received chemotherapy and surgery remained the same. During the pandemic, 710 CRC patients underwent curative resection. The proportion of patients who received laparoscopic surgeries was 49.4%, significantly higher than the 39.5% during the same period in 2019. The proportion of major complication during the pandemic was not significantly different from that of the control group. The mean hospital stay was significantly longer than that of the control group.
conclusionsCRC patients confirmed to be infection-free can receive routine treatment. Using online medical counseling and appropriate identification, treatment and follow-up can be effectively maintained. Adjuvant and palliative chemotherapy should not be discontinued. Endoscopic polypectomy, elective, palliative, and multidisciplinary surgeries can be postponed, while curative surgery should proceed as usual. For elderly CRC patients, endoscopic surgery and neoadjuvant radiotherapy are recommended.
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