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Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Caused Upshifting in Colorectal Cancer Stage?
- Source :
- Annals of Coloproctology, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 253-258 (2021), Annals of Coloproctology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Coloproctology, 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected many parts of daily life and healthcare, including cancer screening and diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was an upshift in the colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis due to delays related to the COVID-19 outbreak.Methods: From January to June of each year from 2017 to 2020, a total of 3,229 patients who were first diagnosed with colorectal cancer were retrospectively reviewed. Those enrolled from 2017 to 2019 were classified as the ‘pre-COVID’ group, and those enrolled in 2020 were classified as the ‘COVID’ group. The primary outcome was the rate of stage IV disease at the time of diagnosis.Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the proportion of stage IV patients between the pre-COVID and COVID groups (P=0.19). The median preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level in the COVID group was higher than in the pre-COVID group in all stages (all P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
Lymphovascular invasion
business.industry
Colorectal cancer
Gastroenterology
Outbreak
RC799-869
colorectal neoplasms
Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
medicine.disease
early detection of cancer
Carcinoembryonic antigen
covid-19
Internal medicine
Pandemic
Cancer screening
biology.protein
Medicine
Original Article
Surgery
Stage (cooking)
Radical surgery
neoplasm staging
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 22879722 and 22879714
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Coloproctology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b853897f13df336df8938ecd1308ba0