Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands: a population-based study

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands: a population-based study

Abstract Background The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Dutch national screening program to a halt and increased the burden on health care services, necessitating the introduction of specific breast cancer treatment recommendations from week 12 of 2020. We aimed to investigate the impact o...

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Main Authors: Anouk H. Eijkelboom, Linda de Munck, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D. Vrancken Peeters, Mireille J. M. Broeders, Luc J. A. Strobbe, Monique E. M. M. Bos, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Cristina Guerrero Paez, Marjolein L. Smidt, Maud Bessems, Janneke Verloop, Sabine Linn, Marc B. I. Lobbes, Aafke H. Honkoop, Desirée H. J. G. van den Bongard, Pieter J. Westenend, Jelle Wesseling, C. Willemien Menke-van der Houven van Oordt, Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen, Sabine Siesling, the NABON COVID-19 Consortium and the COVID and Cancer-NL Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
Subjects:
COVID-19
Breast cancer
Incidence
Screening
Treatment
Stage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01073-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01073-7

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