New cancer diagnoses before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

KM Decker, A Feely, O Bucher, P Czaykowski… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Disruptions to health care during the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to
missed cancer diagnoses. It is critical to evaluate the association between the COVID-19 …

Complications following elective major noncardiac surgery among patients with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection

KL Quinn, A Huang, CM Bell, AS Detsky… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is an urgent need for evidence to inform preoperative risk assessment for
the millions of people who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection and are awaiting elective …

Early survival for patients newly diagnosed with cancer during COVID‐19 in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based cohort study

R Fu, R Sutradhar, Q Li, P Kamalraj, A Dare… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Little is known about the association between the COVID‐19 pandemic and
early survival among newly diagnosed cancer patients. Methods This retrospective …

No changes in clinical presentation, treatment strategies and survival of pancreatic cancer cases during the SARS‐COV‐2 outbreak: A retrospective multicenter cohort …

E Kempf, S Priou, G Lamé, A Laurent… - … Journal of Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐COV‐2 pandemic disrupted healthcare systems. We assessed its impact on the
presentation, care trajectories and outcomes of new pancreatic cancers (PCs) in the Paris …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Patients with Grade 4 Glioma Treated with Radiation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

M Chahal, G Aljawi, R Harrison, A Nichol, B Thiessen - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a global disruption in the
provision of healthcare. Grade 4 gliomas are rapidly progressive tumors, and these patients …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining a new model of acute stroke care: a mixed-method process evaluation of the Melbourne mobile stroke unit

KL Bagot, T Purvis, S Hancock, H Zhao… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of liver cancer patients undergoing elective surgery after recovering from mild SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: A retrospective cohort study

Y Wang, J Ma, Y Wu, S Zhang, X Li, Y Xia, Z Yan, J Liu… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary During the early era of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies recommended
delaying surgery for COVID-19 patients, given the high perioperative risk of preoperative …

Effects of time to treatment initiation on outcomes for soft tissue sarcomas

JH Ryu, J Rahman, S Deo… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Few studies have investigated the effects of time to
treatment initiation (TTI) for soft tissue sarcomas (STS). Our objective was to investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-related disruptions to colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment could increase cancer Burden in Australia and Canada: A modelling study

J Worthington, Z Sun, R Fu, JB Lew, KKW Chan, Q Li… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 disrupted cancer control worldwide, impacting preventative screening,
diagnoses, and treatment services. This modelling study estimates the impact of disruptions …

[HTML][HTML] Association of virtual end-of-life care with healthcare outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based study

JM Lapp, TA Stukel, H Chung, CM Bell… - PLOS Digital …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The use of virtual care for people at the end-of-life significantly increased during the COVID-
19 pandemic, but its association with acute healthcare use and location of death is …