Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gut Cancer Admissions and Management: A Comparative Study of Two Pandemic Years to a Similar Pre-Pandemic Period.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objective: Gastrointestinal tract cancers may have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The limitations of digestive endoscopy, the fear effect, and restrictions on hospital admissions during the pandemic may have delayed the presentation of patients to hospitals and surgical procedures and may have impacted overall survival. Methods: We conducted an observational, cross-sectional study of esophageal, gastric, small bowel, and colorectal cancer patients admitted to our hospital between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2021. We analyzed the hospitalization rates, pathological type, the onset by complications, staging, and surgery during the pandemic compared to a pre-pandemic period (January 2018-December 2019). Results: During 2018-2021, 1613 patie

SUBMITTER: Cazacu SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11988892 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature