The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Bladder Cancer Care in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted regular health care with potential consequences for non-COVID diseases like cancer. To ensure continuity of oncological care, guidelines were temporarily adapted.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on bladder cancer care in the Netherlands.

Methods

The number of bladder cancer (BC) diagnoses per month during 2020-2021 was compared to 2018-2019 based on preliminary data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR). Additionally, detailed data were retrieved from the NCR for the cohort diagnosed between March 1^st-May 31^st 2020 (first COVID wave) and 2018-2019 (reference cohort). BC diagnoses, changes in age and stage at diagnosis, and time to first-line treatment were compared betw

SUBMITTER: van Hoogstraten LMC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11181832 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature