We observed a significant decrease in early-stage cases at our national oncological referral centre for thoracic surgery and lung cancer screening. This cannot plausibly be ascribed to a lower lung cancer incidence. On the other end, the impact of lockdown measures on the reduction of early-stage lung cancer and other malignancies diagnoses should be investigated and addressed. People's fear of hospitals resulted in a diagnostic delay, whose most severe effects occurred in the first months of 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for a digital revolution in health care
Lung cancer stage distribution from before COVID-19 through 18 months of the pandemic: the experience of a large-volume oncological referral centre
Ciani, Oriana;
2022
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We observed a significant decrease in early-stage cases at our national oncological referral centre for thoracic surgery and lung cancer screening. This cannot plausibly be ascribed to a lower lung cancer incidence. On the other end, the impact of lockdown measures on the reduction of early-stage lung cancer and other malignancies diagnoses should be investigated and addressed. People's fear of hospitals resulted in a diagnostic delay, whose most severe effects occurred in the first months of 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for a digital revolution in health careFile in questo prodotto:
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