Resilience in Rectal Cancer Treatment: Lessons from the COVID-19 Era in Czech Republic.

Peter IhnátLubomír MartínekLubomír TulinskýZdeněk KalaTomáš GrolichRobert GurlichJan ŠturmaDušan KlosPetr ŠpičkaČestmír NeoralVladimir Černý

Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2024)

Our study showed, that despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, multimodal treatment of rectal cancer was associated with unchanged postoperative morbidity rates, increased frequency of short-course neoadjuvant RT administration and shorter "diagnosis-surgery" intervals.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
patients undergoing
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
climate change
pain management
radiation therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention
replacement therapy
smoking cessation