Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on short-term mortality of breast cancer patients

We studied the COVID-19 impact in newly-diagnosed breast cancer (7,349 patients in 2019, and 5,563 in 2020). In 2020 there were two diagnostic drops: −37.2% (March–May), −15.8% (October–December). Early-stage at presentation (76.4% vs. 74.4%, p = 0.0013), conserving surgery (71.0% vs. 67.0%, p < ...

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Main Authors: Serena Di Cosimo, Silva Ljevar, Annalisa Trama, Alice Bernasconi, Paolo Lasalvia, Maria Carmen De Santis, Vera Cappelletti, Rosalba Miceli, Giovanni Apolone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Breast
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977623005349