Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
J. Glasbey,A. Ademuyiwa,497 Authors,L. Pontual Lima
2021 · DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9
The Lancet Oncology · 211 Citations
TLDR
This study aimed to identify immediate areas for system strengthening by comparing the delivery of elective cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in periods of lockdown versus light restriction, and found cancer surgery systems worldwide were fragile to lockdowns.