Impact on the Volume of Pathology Reports Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in SEER Cancer Registries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health care procedures including cancer screening and diagnosis were interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent of this impact on cancer care in the United States is not fully understood. We investigated pathology report volume as a reflection of trends in oncology services pre-pandemic and during the pandemic.

Methods

Electronic pathology reports were obtained from 11 U.S. central cancer registries from NCI's SEER Program. The reports were sorted by cancer site and document type using a validated algorithm. Joinpoint regression was used to model temporal trends from January 2018 to February 2020, project expected counts from March 2020 to February 2021 and calculate observed-to-expected ratios. Results were stratified by sex, age, cancer site, and rep

SUBMITTER: Chtourou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10618747 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature