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ArticleInternational journal of clinical oncology2024

Impact of COVID-19 on gynecological cancer incidence: a large cohort study in Japan.

Hiroaki Komatsu, Yuji Ikeda, Kei Kawana, Satoru Nagase, Kiyoshi Yoshino, Wataru Yamagami, Hideki Tokunaga, Kiyoko Kato, Tadashi Kimura, Daisuke Aoki and 2 more

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Article in International journal of clinical oncology, 2024. 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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12 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroaki KomatsuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
Yuji IkedaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Kei KawanaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan. kawana.kei@nihon-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1919-8830
Satoru NagaseDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Kiyoshi YoshinoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Wataru YamagamiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hideki TokunagaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Kiyoko KatoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka City, Japan.
Tadashi KimuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Daisuke AokiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
The Committee On Gynecologic Oncology Of The Japan Society Of Obstetrics
Gynecology
Keio University · JPNihon University · JPKyushu University · JPThe University of Osaka · JPTohoku University · JPTottori University · JPUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JPYamagata University · JP

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MHLW JPMH20CA2046MHLW Research Program on Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases JPMH21HA2011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe influence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the number of newly diagnosed gynecological cancers has not been extensively investigated in Japan. This study determined the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence of gynecological cancer.

methodsUsing the Japanese Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologic Oncology registry database, the distribution of the number of patients based on clinical staging or tumor-node-metastasis classifications before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was analyzed to compare the trends. The clinical staging classification of cervical cancer in Japan was based on the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2008 from 2018 to 2020 and on the FIGO 2018 from 2021. Since FIGO-2018 classified N1 cases as stage IIIC, we focused on T classification without referencing the clinical staging (FIGO staging) of patients with cervical cancer in 2021.

resultsThe number of patients with endometrial cancer and malignant ovarian tumors of all clinical stages increased uniformly yearly, while that of those with stage III cervical cancer rapidly increased in 2021 owing to the adoption of the revised classification. On comparing cases of cervical cancer in 2020 and 2021, we found that T1 cases decreased and T2 and T3 cases increased in 2021 compared to those in 2020 (p = 0.006). Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia/adenocarcinoma in situ incidence decreased in 2020 compared to that in 2019 but increased again in 2021. The number of patients with cervical cancer decreased in most prefectures in 2020.

conclusionThe incidence of locally advanced cervical cancer increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19Uterine Cervical NeoplasmsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansJapanNeoplasm StagingPandemicsCervical cancerCOVID-19FIGO 2018Gynecologic cancer

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