Care in the time of COVID-19: impact on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in a large, integrated health care system
In: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Jg. 191 (2022-02-01), Heft 3
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PurposesTo delineate operational changes in Kaiser Permanente Northern California breast care and evaluate the impact of these changes during the initial COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place period (SiP, 3/17/20-5/17/20).MethodsBy extracting data from institutional databases and reviewing electronic medical charts, we compared clinical and treatment characteristics of breast cancer patients diagnosed 3/17/20-5/17/20 to those diagnosed 3/17/19-5/17/2019. Outcomes included time from biopsy to consultation and treatment. Comparisons were made using Chi-square or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.ResultsFewer new breast cancers were diagnosed in 2020 during the SiP period than during a similar period in 2019 (n = 247 vs n = 703). A higher percentage presented with symptomatic disease in 2020 than 2019 (78% vs 37%, p
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Care in the time of COVID-19: impact on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in a large, integrated health care system
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tang, Annie ; Neeman, Elad ; Vuong, Brooke ; Arasu, Vignesh A ; Liu, Raymond ; Kuehner, Gillian E ; Savitz, Alison C ; Lyon, Liisa L ; Anshu, Prachi ; Seaward, Samantha A ; Patel, Milan D ; Habel, Laurel A ; Kushi, Lawrence H ; Mentakis, Margaret ; Thomas, Eva S ; Kolevska, Tatjana ; Chang, Sharon B |
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Zeitschrift: | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Jg. 191 (2022-02-01), Heft 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | eScholarship, University of California, 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | 665 - 675 |
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