1. Delay in Breast Cancer Treatments During the First COVID-19 Lockdown. A Multicentric Analysis of 432 Patients
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Saverio Muscoli, Simona Papi, Roberta Raselli, Leonardo Palombi, Antonella Grasso, Maria Cotesta, Dante Palli, Chiara Adriana Pistolese, Oreste Claudio Buonomo, Jonathan Caspi, Marco Pellicciaro, Lorenza Caggiati, Gianluca Vanni, Giovanni Tazzioli, Francesca Combi, Vittorio Altomare, Marco Materazzo, Francesca Cattadori, Orsaria Paolo, Vittorio Lombardo, Rolando Maria D'Angelillo, Agostino Chiaravalloti, and Francesca Santori
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Adult ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Breast surgery ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Breast Neoplasms ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Breast cancer ,Settore MED/36 ,COVID-19 ,Lockdown ,Oncological treatments delay ,Screening suspension ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Axilla ,Female ,Humans ,Lymph Node Excision ,Lymph Nodes ,Lymphatic Metastasis ,Mastectomy ,Middle Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy ,Pandemics ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Lymph node ,Univariate analysis ,business.industry ,Cancer ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM: Extraordinary restrictions aimed to limit Sars-CoV-2 spreading; they imposed a total reorganization of the health-system. Oncological treatments experienced a significant slowdown. The aim of our multicentric retrospective study was to evaluate screening suspension and surgical treatment delay during COVID-19 and the impact on breast cancer presentation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients who underwent breast surgery from March 11, 2020 to May 30, 2020 were evaluated and considered as the Lockdown group. These patients were compared with similar patients of the previous year, the Pre-Lockdown group. RESULTS: A total of 432 patients were evaluated; n=223 and n=209 in the Lockdown and Pre-lockdown-groups, respectively. At univariate analysis, waiting times, lymph-nodes involvement and cancer grading, showed a statistically significant difference (p
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- 2020