Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on eye cancer care in United Kingdom
| العنوان: | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on eye cancer care in United Kingdom |
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| المؤلفون: | Paul Rundle, Rodrigo Anguita, Julie Connolly, Mohammed Elsheikh, Mandeep S. Sagoo, Vikas Chadha, Haoyu Wang, Heinrich Heimann, Sachin M. Salvi, Victoria M L Cohen, Bertil Damato, Kenneth Gilmour, Rumana Hussain, Paul Cauchi |
| المصدر: | British Journal of Cancer Br J Cancer |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Cancer Research, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Referral, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, Cancer, Brief Communication, National health service, medicine.disease, eye diseases, Radiosurgery, Ocular oncology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Pandemic, Emergency medicine, medicine, business |
| الوصف: | The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the National Health Service in United Kingdom. The UK Ocular Oncology Services evaluated the impact on the adult eye cancer care in the UK. All four adult Ocular Oncology centres participated in a multicentre retrospective review comparing uveal melanoma referral patterns and treatments in a 4-month period during the national lockdown and first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with corresponding periods in previous 2 years. During the national lockdown, referral numbers and confirmed uveal melanoma cases reduced considerably, equalling to ~120 fewer diagnosed uveal melanoma cases compared to previous 2 years. Contrary to the recent trend, increased caseloads of enucleation and stereotactic radiosurgery (p > 0.05), in comparison to fewer proton beam therapy (p |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1532-1827 0007-0920 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41416-021-01274-4 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::bc5f7be59a119920a876a2e59a9ab77d |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....bc5f7be59a119920a876a2e59a9ab77d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
Find this article in full text from Springer Verlag. | تدمد: | 15321827 00070920 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41416-021-01274-4 |