COVID-19 pandemic impact on uro-oncological disease outcomes at an Italian tertiary referral center.

Marco OderdaFrancesco SoriaFrancesco RosiGiorgio CallerisSimone MazzoliAndrea GiordanoGiuseppe PizzutoAlessandro MarquisMatteo De BellisFederico VitielloEugenia VercelliFederica PerettiGabriele MontefuscoPaolo Gontero

Published in: World journal of urology (2021)

Neither decline in uro-oncologic activity nor delay between diagnosis and treatment was observed at our institution during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic. No significant worsening of cancer disease features was found in 2020 except for muscle-invasive BCa.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
radical prostatectomy
papillary thyroid
primary care
skeletal muscle
prostate cancer
type diabetes
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance