COVID-19 Impact on Diagnosis and Staging of Colorectal Cancer: A Single Tertiary Canadian Oncology Center Experience.

Mathias CastonguayRola El SayedCorentin RichardMarie-France VachonRami NassabeinDanielle CharpentierMustapha Tehfé

Published in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2022)

In our center, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a decreased rate of CRC diagnosis and increased endoscopic delays without affecting the rate of advanced stage disease. Delays to surgery were quite similar once the CRC diagnosis was established.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
minimally invasive
palliative care
coronary artery bypass
ultrasound guided