Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oncologic activities (diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials enrollment) of a general hospital in a district with high prevalence of SARS-COV-2 in Italy

• Published in: Supportive care in cancer Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 3225 - 3231
• Main Authors: Ambroggi, Massimo, Citterio, Chiara, Vecchia, Stefano, Riva, Alessandra, Mordenti, Patrizia, Cavanna, Luigi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic; Comparative analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Epidemics; Health aspects; Hospitals, General; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nursing; Nursing Research; Oncology; Oncology, Experimental; Oral cancer; Original; Original Article; Pain Medicine; Pandemics; Prevalence; Rehabilitation Medicine; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Italy; COVID-19; Cancer management; Clinical studies; Oral cancer treatment; Cancer

Purpose Little is known about the real impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the qualitative and quantitative fall-out on the management of cancer patients. Our objective was to provide evidence of the effects of SARS-COV-2 on the management of cancer patients in the real world. Methods In a general ho...