Changes in breast cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Dutch population-based study
Purpose We aimed to compare (1) treatments and time intervals between treatments of breast cancer patients diagnosed during and before the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the number of treatments started during and before the pandemic. Methods Women were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. For...
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Published in: | Breast cancer research and treatment 2023-01, Vol.197 (1), p.161-175 |
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Summary: | Purpose
We aimed to compare (1) treatments and time intervals between treatments of breast cancer patients diagnosed during and before the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the number of treatments started during and before the pandemic.
Methods
Women were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. For aim one, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated to compare the treatment of women diagnosed within four periods of 2020: pre-COVID (weeks 1–8), transition (weeks 9–12), lockdown (weeks 13–17), and care restart (weeks 18–26), with data from 2018/2019 as reference. Wilcoxon rank-sums test was used to compare treatment intervals, using a two-sided
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ISSN: | 0167-6806 1573-7217 |