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ArticleCancer medicine2024

Rates of newly diagnosed breast cancer at commission on cancer facilities during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marie Fefferman, Kristine Kuchta, Chi-Hsiung Wang, Kyra Nicholson, Katherine Kopkash, Catherine Pesce, Elizabeth Poli, Thomas W Smith, Katharine Yao

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2024. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marie FeffermanDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-7447-5680
Kristine KuchtaDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2484-6302
Chi-Hsiung WangDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Kyra NicholsonDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Katherine KopkashDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Catherine PesceDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Elizabeth PoliDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Thomas W SmithDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Katharine YaoDepartment of Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8642-4087
NorthShore University HealthSystem · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe objective of this study was to examine the impact of the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases at Commission on Cancer (CoC)-accredited facilities relative to the United States (U.S.) population.

methodsWe examined the incidence of breast cancer cases at CoC sites using the U.S. Census population as the denominator. Breast cancer incidence was stratified by patient age, race and ethnicity, and geographic location.

resultsA total of 1,499,806 patients with breast cancer were included. For females, breast cancer cases per 100,000 individuals went from 188 in 2015 to 203 in 2019 and then dropped to 176 in 2020 with a 15.7% decrease from 2019 to 2020. Breast cancer cases per 100,000 males went from 1.7 in 2015 to 1.8 in 2019 and then declined to 1.5 in 2020 with a 21.8% decrease from 2019 to 2020. For both females and males, cases per 100,000 individuals decreased from 2019 to 2020 for almost all age groups. For females, rates dropped from 2019 to 2020 for all races and ethnicities and geographic locations. The largest percent change was seen among Hispanic patients (-18.4%) and patients in the Middle Atlantic division (-18.6%). The stage distribution (0-IV) for female and male patients remained stable from 2018 to 2020.

conclusionThe first year of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a decreased number of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases at Commission on Cancer sites.

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Breast NeoplasmsCOVID-19AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast Neoplasms, MaleCancer Care FacilitiesFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsSARS-CoV-2United StatesYoung Adultbreast neoplasmsCOVID‐19National Cancer DatabasepandemicSARS‐CoV‐2

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PMCPMC10807625
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