Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care in India: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health-care systems, leading to concerns about its subsequent impact on non-COVID disease conditions. The diagnosis and management of cancer is time sensitive and is likely to be substantially affected by these disruptions. We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in India.

Methods

We did an ambidirectional cohort study at 41 cancer centres across India that were members of the National Cancer Grid of India to compare provision of oncology services between March 1 and May 31, 2020, with the same time period in 2019. We collected data on new patient registrations, number of patients visiting outpatient clinics, hospital admissions, day care admissions for chemotherapy, minor and major surgeries, patie

SUBMITTER: Ranganathan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8159191 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature