The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perioperative chemotherapy for breast cancer

Autor: Kaede Baba, Megumi Kawamoto, Kanako Mamishin, Mao Uematsu, Hikari Kiyohara, Akira Hirota, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Misao Fukuda, Shota Kusuhara, Hiromichi Nakajima, Chikako Funasaka, Takehiro Nakao, Chihiro Kondoh, Kenichi Harano, Nobuaki Matsubara, Yoichi Naito, Ako Hosono, Toshikatsu Kawasaki, Toru Mukohara
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Cancer Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 11, Pp 12095-12105 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-7634
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5898
Popis: Abstract Background Since it was first reported in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) spread rapidly across the globe resulting in a pandemic. As of August 2022, seven outbreak peaks have been confirmed in Tokyo, and the numbers of new cases in the fifth and later outbreak periods have been far greater than in the preceding periods. This retrospective study examined the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perioperative chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methods Patients with breast cancer who received perioperative chemotherapy at the National Cancer Center Hospital East were divided into 2 groups: 120 and 384 patients who started chemotherapy before and during the pandemic, respectively. The incidence of critical events that had potential detrimental effects on the prognosis, such as start of adjuvant chemotherapy ≥91 days after surgery and relative dose intensity of chemotherapy
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