Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience
Background: During the COVID-19 public health emergency, our breast cancer screening activities have been interrupted. In June 2020, they resumed, calling for mandatory safe procedures to properly manage patients and staff. Methods: A protocol supporting medical activities in breast cancer screening...
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| description | Background: During the COVID-19 public health emergency, our breast cancer screening activities have been interrupted. In June 2020, they resumed, calling for mandatory safe procedures to properly manage patients and staff. Methods: A protocol supporting medical activities in breast cancer screening was created, based on six relevant articles published in the literature and in the following National and International guidelines for COVID-19 prevention. The patient population, consisting of both screening and breast ambulatory patients, was classified into one of four categories: 1. Non-COVID-19 patient; 2. Confirmed COVID-19 in an asymptomatic screening patient; 3. suspected COVID-19 in symptomatic or confirmed breast cancer; 4. Confirmed COVID-19 in symptomatic or confirmed breast cancer. The day before the radiological exam, patients are screened for COVID-19 infection through a telephone questionnaire. At a subsequent in person appointment, the body temperature is checked and depending on the clinical scenario at stake, the scenario-specific procedures for medical and paramedical staff are adopted. Results: In total, 203 mammograms, 76 breast ultrasound exams, 4 core needle biopsies, and 6 vacuum-assisted breast biopsies were performed in one month. Neither medical nor paramedical staff were infected on any of these occasions. Conclusion: Our department organization model can represent a case of implementation of National and International guidelines applied in a breast cancer screening program, assisting hospital personnel into COVID-19 infection prevention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b7ae6ce1c324f1bbe5214660a133a7a2023-11-21T18:32:11ZengMDPI AGJournal of Personalized Medicine2075-44262021-05-0111538010.3390/jpm11050380Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local ExperienceFrancesca Maio0Daniele Ugo Tari1Vincenza Granata2Roberta Fusco3Roberta Grassi4Antonella Petrillo5Fabio Pinto6Department of Radiology, Marcianise Hospital, Caserta Local Health Authority, Viale Sossietta Scialla, 81025 Marcianise, ItalyDepartment of Breast Radiology, Caserta Local Health Authority Dictrict 12, Viale Paul Harris 79, 81100 Caserta, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G.Pascale di Napoli, Via Mariano Semmola 53, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G.Pascale di Napoli, Via Mariano Semmola 53, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Piazza Miraglia, 80138 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G.Pascale di Napoli, Via Mariano Semmola 53, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Marcianise Hospital, Caserta Local Health Authority, Viale Sossietta Scialla, 81025 Marcianise, ItalyBackground: During the COVID-19 public health emergency, our breast cancer screening activities have been interrupted. In June 2020, they resumed, calling for mandatory safe procedures to properly manage patients and staff. Methods: A protocol supporting medical activities in breast cancer screening was created, based on six relevant articles published in the literature and in the following National and International guidelines for COVID-19 prevention. The patient population, consisting of both screening and breast ambulatory patients, was classified into one of four categories: 1. Non-COVID-19 patient; 2. Confirmed COVID-19 in an asymptomatic screening patient; 3. suspected COVID-19 in symptomatic or confirmed breast cancer; 4. Confirmed COVID-19 in symptomatic or confirmed breast cancer. The day before the radiological exam, patients are screened for COVID-19 infection through a telephone questionnaire. At a subsequent in person appointment, the body temperature is checked and depending on the clinical scenario at stake, the scenario-specific procedures for medical and paramedical staff are adopted. Results: In total, 203 mammograms, 76 breast ultrasound exams, 4 core needle biopsies, and 6 vacuum-assisted breast biopsies were performed in one month. Neither medical nor paramedical staff were infected on any of these occasions. Conclusion: Our department organization model can represent a case of implementation of National and International guidelines applied in a breast cancer screening program, assisting hospital personnel into COVID-19 infection prevention.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/11/5/380COVID-19breast cancer screeningguidelinebreast cancerscreeningpandemic |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Maio Daniele Ugo Tari Vincenza Granata Roberta Fusco Roberta Grassi Antonella Petrillo Fabio Pinto Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience Journal of Personalized Medicine COVID-19 breast cancer screening guideline breast cancer screening pandemic |
| title | Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience |
| title_full | Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience |
| title_fullStr | Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience |
| title_short | Breast Cancer Screening during COVID-19 Emergency: Patients and Department Management in a Local Experience |
| title_sort | breast cancer screening during covid 19 emergency patients and department management in a local experience |
| topic | COVID-19 breast cancer screening guideline breast cancer screening pandemic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/11/5/380 |
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