More Aggressive Cancer Behaviour in Thyroid Cancer Patients in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Retrospective Study.
Hanqing LiuLing ZhanLiantao GuoXizi YuLingrui LiHongfang FengDan YangZhiliang XuYi TuChuang ChenSheng-Rong SunPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2021)
Patients with a COVID-19-induced treatment delay had more aggressive cancer behaviour. Rebound medical visits and annually increasing aggressiveness may be potential reasons for this observation, as individual patient tumour did not progress during the delay.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- squamous cell
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- childhood cancer
- high glucose
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- diabetic rats
- combination therapy
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- stress induced