Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer surgery in Japan: Clinical Study Group of Osaka University-A multicenter retrospective study.

Masaaki MiyoTsunekazu MizushimaJunichi NishimuraTaishi HataMitsuyoshi TeiYuichiro MiyakeYoshinori KagawaShingo NouraMasakazu IkenagaKatsuki DannoAtsuhiro OgawaYoshinao ChinenTsuyoshi HataNorikatsu MiyoshiHidekazu TakahashiMamoru UemuraHirofumi YamamotoKohei MurataYuichiro DokiHidetoshi Eguchinull null

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)

The COVID-19 pandemic reduced the number of colonoscopies and surgeries performed for colorectal cancer and hindered the detection of asymptomatic early-stage cancers, and its impact varied by hospital size.

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