Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on reported cancer diagnoses in Bavaria, Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of our study was to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on reported cancer cases in Bavaria, Germany, by comparing pre-pandemic (March 2019 to February 2020) and pandemic period (March 2020 to February 2021).

Methods

Data on incident cases were retrieved from the Bavarian Cancer Registry (until 22nd April 2022). We included patients with malignant and in situ neoplasms reported by pathology departments with consistent reporting. We calculated the number of incident cases during the COVID-19 pandemic and the pre-pandemic period with 95% confidence intervals (CI) with Bonferroni correction (α = 0.0018) based on a Poisson approach. We stratified for malignancy (malignant, in situ), tumor site, and month of year.

Results

Data was available for 30 o

SUBMITTER: Voigtlander S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038367 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature