ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2022
The effect of COVID-19 on breast cancer care and treatment in North America: A scoping review.
Article in American journal of surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Breast Cancer Screening, Staging at Diagnosis at Presentation, Oncologic Management, and Immediate Reconstruction: A Canadian Perspective.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Retrospective Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Breast Cancer Care.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Negotiating cancer alone: A qualitative study exploring care experiences of racially and ethnically diverse women diagnosed with breast cancer during COVID-19.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer pathological stage at diagnosis in Tunisian patients.Breast disease · 2024Article
- The effect of COVID-19 on breast cancer care and treatment in North America: A scoping review.American journal of surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast Cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic affected healthcare delivery throughout North America. Breast cancer diagnosis and management was similarly affected.
methodsWe conducted a scoping review to determine the impact of COVID-19 on BC care and the impact on patients' well-being.
resultsOur review found that the pandemic led to changes in screenings, biopsies, medical therapy, and surgery. Constraints of the pandemic left patients without resources to navigate the emotional toll from social distancing. There was a disparity in patients' perceptions of the impact of the pandemic on BC care.
conclusionAlthough the pandemic altered medical care in general, we found that the impact on breast cancer care was counterintuitively not as significant as predicted. However, the pandemic did impact breast cancer patients' mental well-being. This highlights the importance of properly communicating, in real-time, guidelines on breast cancer management to allay the fears of the general public.
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