Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought significant challenges to many aspects of healthcare delivery since the first reported case in early December 2019. Once in the body, SARS-CoV-2 can spread to other digestive organs, such as the liver, because of the presence of ACE2 recep...
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| description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought significant challenges to many aspects of healthcare delivery since the first reported case in early December 2019. Once in the body, SARS-CoV-2 can spread to other digestive organs, such as the liver, because of the presence of ACE2 receptors. Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States (US). Therefore, individuals are routinely screened using either endoscopic methods (i.e., flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy) or stool-based tests, as per the published guidelines. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended that all non-urgent surgical and medical procedures, including screening colonoscopies, be delayed until the pandemic stabilization. This article aims to review the impact of COVID-19 on CRC screening. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f06985d1b53444f9125b44a31f31dc42023-11-23T14:36:57ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-01-0158110010.3390/medicina58010100Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future DirectionsJonathan Kopel0Bojana Ristic1Gregory L. Brower2Hemant Goyal3Department of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USACell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USADepartment of Medication Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USAThe Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA 18501, USAThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought significant challenges to many aspects of healthcare delivery since the first reported case in early December 2019. Once in the body, SARS-CoV-2 can spread to other digestive organs, such as the liver, because of the presence of ACE2 receptors. Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States (US). Therefore, individuals are routinely screened using either endoscopic methods (i.e., flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy) or stool-based tests, as per the published guidelines. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended that all non-urgent surgical and medical procedures, including screening colonoscopies, be delayed until the pandemic stabilization. This article aims to review the impact of COVID-19 on CRC screening.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/1/100colorectal cancer screeningCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Kopel Bojana Ristic Gregory L. Brower Hemant Goyal Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions Medicina colorectal cancer screening COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 |
| title | Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions |
| title_full | Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions |
| title_fullStr | Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions |
| title_short | Global Impact of COVID-19 on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Current Insights and Future Directions |
| title_sort | global impact of covid 19 on colorectal cancer screening current insights and future directions |
| topic | colorectal cancer screening COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/1/100 |
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