Radiological and clinicopathological findings of breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study with the pre-pandemic era.

Merve Gursoy Ozge Aslan Ayşenur Oktay Osman Zekioglu Berk Goktepe

Published in: Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) (2023)

Patients diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic had larger tumor sizes, more frequent lymph node involvement and longer waiting time for surgical treatment. Screening programs should be continued as soon as possible by taking necessary precautions.

Keyphrases

lymph node
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
sars cov
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
early stage
breast cancer risk