Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays in diagnosis-to-treatment initiation for breast cancer in Brazil: a nationwide study

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 has imposed changes in BC care in Brazil, reducing the number of treatments provided by the Brazilian public health system, increasing the chances of delayed treatment initiation despite no differences in DTi averages being identified, and raising the proportion of advanced-stage diagnoses.PMID:37533939 | PMC:PMC10393311 | DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2023.1570

Source: Ecancermedicalscience - August 3, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jo ão Henrique Fonseca do Nascimento Cleonice Nascimento da Silva Andr é Gusmão-Cunha Marinho Marques Silva Neto Andr é Bouzas de Andrade Source Type: research