Breast Cancer, COVID-19
Conditions
Keywords
COVID-19, Breast Cancer
Brief summary
To assess whether the COVID-19 pandemic delayed breast cancer diagnosis in Taiwan, an Asian country with a low COVID-19 incidence.
Detailed description
The institutional review board approved this retrospective study at a public academic medical center. The monthly volume of breast biopsies and breast cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic (between January 1 and July 31, 2020) was compared to the same period a year earlier (pre-COVID-19).
Interventions
Patients were divided into surgery and no disease.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Receiving breast exam 2019-2020
Exclusion criteria
* lost clinical follow-up
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| breast cancer | 1 year | Breast cancer or not |
Countries
Taiwan