Prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment in Sweden during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Giuseppe FallaraFredrik SandinJohan StyrkeStefan CarlssonIngela Franck LissbrantJohan AhlgrenOla BrattMats LambePär Stattin

Published in: Scandinavian journal of urology (2021)

During the peak of the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of men diagnosed with PCa in Sweden decreased by one third compared with previous years, whereas there was no decrease in the number of curative treatments.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
radical prostatectomy
lymph node
pet ct
rectal cancer
middle aged