ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Melanoma Diagnosis: Increased Breslow Thickness in Primary Melanomas-A Single Center Experience.
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- Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Melanoma and Keratinocyte Carcinomas: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2024Pooled it
- Regional Variations in Melanoma Histologic Characteristics: A Multicenter Cohort Study from Two Southeastern European Countries.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Atypical Melanoma of the Lateral Fifth Metatarsal Shaft: A Rare Presentation With Minimal Mitotic Activity.Cureus · 2026Article
- Indirect Impact of Pandemic on the Diagnosis of New Primary Melanoma: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Delay of Melanoma Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2024Review
- The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and prognosis of melanoma 2 years after the pandemic in two Romanian counties.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Impact on the Volume of Pathology Reports Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in SEER Cancer Registries.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2023Article
- Over-diagnosis, Overtreatment or Oversurveillance of Melanoma: Is There a Way Out?Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2023Article
- Tumor size, treatment patterns, and survival in neuro-oncology patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Neurosurgical review · 2023Review
- COVID-19 and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Impact of the Pandemic on Unequal Access to Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Early melanoma diagnosis plays a key role in ensuring best prognosis with good survival rates. The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted global and national healthcare systems, thus making it a real challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on diagnostic delay in melanoma patients in Serbia. In this retrospective study, we included patients treated at the university hospital in Serbia's capitol over a period of five years and three months. We compared the prepandemic (01/JAN/17-14/MAR/20) and pandemic periods (15/MAR/20-31/MAR/22) by evaluating patient demographic data, melanoma subtype, Breslow thickness, Clark level, ulceration status, mitotic index rate and pT staging. We observed a significant reduction in the number of diagnosed patients (86.3 vs. 13.7%;
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