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ArticleCancers2023

Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak-Delayed Referral of Colorectal and Lung Cancer in Primary Care: A National Retrospective Cohort Study.

Charles W Helsper, Carla H Van Gils, Nicole F Van Erp, Marinde F R Siepman van den Berg, Omar Rogouti, Kristel M Van Asselt, Otto R Maarsingh, Jean Muris, Daan Brandenbarg, Sabine Siesling and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Charles W HelsperJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3268-174X
Carla H Van GilsJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Nicole F Van ErpJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marinde F R Siepman van den BergJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Omar RogoutiJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Kristel M Van AsseltDepartment of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institiute, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9679-2177
Otto R MaarsinghDepartment of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institiute, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jean MurisDepartment of General Practice, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debeyeplein 1, 6229 HA Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8780-476X
Daan BrandenbargDepartment of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8054-7337
Sabine SieslingIKNL-Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Godebaldkwartier 419, 3511 DT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0273-824X
Niek J De WitJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0273-8290
Matthew P GrantJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6878-9197
On Behalf Of The Covid And Cancer Consortium

Funding

Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development 10430022010014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak impacted health care. We investigated its impact on the time to referral and diagnosis for symptomatic cancer patients in The Netherlands. We performed a national retrospective cohort study utilizing primary care records linked to The Netherlands Cancer Registry. For patients with symptomatic colorectal, lung, breast, or melanoma cancer, we manually explored free and coded texts to determine the durations of the primary care (IPC) and secondary care (ISC) diagnostic intervals during the first COVID-19 wave and pre-COVID-19. We found that the median IPC duration increased for colorectal cancer from 5 days (Interquartile Range (IQR) 1-29 days) pre-COVID-19 to 44 days (IQR 6-230,

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cancer diagnosisCOVIDdelayprimary care

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PMID36900257
PMCPMC10000463

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