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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Presentation, Management and Outcome during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

B M Pirozzi, L Siragusa, G Baldini, M Pellicciaro, M Grande, C Efrati, R Finizio, V Formica, G Del Vecchio Blanco, G S Sica

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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B M PirozziDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0683-0967
L SiragusaDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
G BaldiniDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
M PellicciaroDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
M GrandeDepartment of Emergency, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
C EfratiDepartment of Medicine, Israelitic Hospital of Rome, 00148 Rome, Italy.
R FinizioDepartment of Medicine, Israelitic Hospital of Rome, 00148 Rome, Italy.
V FormicaDepartment of Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5380-3144
G Del Vecchio BlancoDepartment of Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6327-563X
G S SicaDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic and related measures had an influence on colorectal cancer (CRC) presentation, management, and outcomes; it was a retrospective monocentric study. CRC patients undergoing surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (1 March 2020-28 February 2022) (group B) were compared with patients operated on in the previous two years (1 March 2018-29 February 2020) in the same unit (group A). The primary outcome was to investigate whether there were differences in concern regarding the stage at presentation, as a whole and after dividing groups based on cancer location (right colon cancer, left colon cancer, rectal cancer). Secondary outcomes included differences in the number of patients admitted from emergency departments and emergency surgeries between periods, and differences in the postoperative outcomes. A subanalysis within the pandemic group was conducted on the same outcomes, dividing the aforementioned group based on pandemic trends. Two hundred and eighty (280) were operated on during the study period: 147 in group A and 133 in group B. Stage at presentation was similar between groups; however, the subgroups analysis showed that in the pandemic group, the number of early-stage left colon cancer occurrences almost halves, yet not significantly. Emergency department referral was more common in group B (

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cancercolorectalCOVID-19pandemic

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PMCPMC9962694

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