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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry ACTA ONCOLOGICA https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2023.2187259 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry Fabian Reinwald and Christina Justenhoven Cancer Registry of Rhineland-Palatinate gGmbH, Mainz, Germany ARTICLE HISTORY Received 1 August 2022; Accepted 28 February 2023 Introduction of approximately 4 million inhabitants. For this aim an epi- demiological cancer registry was founded in 1997 [13]. In In the last two years, the world has been conquered by the 2016, epidemiological cancer registration was transferred to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During the first year of the newly founded clinical cancer registry. Focus of the fol- the pandemic, delays in cancer diagnoses were observed for low-on institution was the centralization of data regarding several types of tumors all over the world [1–4]. This might diagnosis, histo-pathological characteristics of tumors, treat- be caused by healthcare congestions and drop in preventive ment and follow-up of cancer patients, which are resident healthcare in fear of COVID-19 including disruption of and/or treated in Rhineland-Palatinate. Data were collected screening programs [5,6]. As a consequence, it has been sug- in accordance with the recommendations of the nationwide gested that the number of tumors diagnosed in advanced http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Oncologica Taylor & Francis

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry

Reinwald, Fabian; Justenhoven, Christina
Acta Oncologica , Volume 62 (3): 3 – Mar 4, 2023
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry

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ACTA ONCOLOGICA https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2023.2187259 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry Fabian Reinwald and Christina Justenhoven Cancer Registry of Rhineland-Palatinate gGmbH, Mainz, Germany ARTICLE HISTORY Received 1 August 2022; Accepted 28 February 2023 Introduction of approximately 4 million inhabitants. For this aim an epi- demiological cancer registry was founded in 1997 [13]. In In the...
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ACTA ONCOLOGICA https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2023.2187259 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry Fabian Reinwald and Christina Justenhoven Cancer Registry of Rhineland-Palatinate gGmbH, Mainz, Germany ARTICLE HISTORY Received 1 August 2022; Accepted 28 February 2023 Introduction of approximately 4 million inhabitants. For this aim an epi- demiological cancer registry was founded in 1997 [13]. In In the last two years, the world has been conquered by the 2016, epidemiological cancer registration was transferred to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During the first year of the newly founded clinical cancer registry. Focus of the fol- the pandemic, delays in cancer diagnoses were observed for low-on institution was the centralization of data regarding several types of tumors all over the world [1–4]. This might diagnosis, histo-pathological characteristics of tumors, treat- be caused by healthcare congestions and drop in preventive ment and follow-up of cancer patients, which are resident healthcare in fear of COVID-19 including disruption of and/or treated in Rhineland-Palatinate. Data were collected screening programs [5,6]. As a consequence, it has been sug- in accordance with the recommendations of the nationwide gested that the number of tumors diagnosed in advanced

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