Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Cervical Cancer Screening in Gynecological Practices in Germany

Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Cervical Cancer Screening in Gynecological Practices in Germany

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major challenge for healthcare systems and impedes cancer screening programs worldwide. However, no research has been performed that analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the newly implemented German Cervical Cancer Screening (C...

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Autoren: Gremke, Niklas, Griewing, Sebastian, Felgentreff, Markus, Kostev, Karel, Kalder, Matthias
Format: Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2022
Schlagworte:
cervical cancer
gynecological practices
Germany
screening
Medizin
COVID-19 pandemic
Medical sciences Medicine
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Zusammenfassung:The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major challenge for healthcare systems and impedes cancer screening programs worldwide. However, no research has been performed that analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the newly implemented German Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) program. Here, we showed a severe clinically relevant decrease of patients receiving CCS in Germany between the pre-pandemic time period of 2018–2019 and the pandemic years of 2020–2021. Given that this sudden drop in number of CCS per practice is unlikely, our data suggest a dramatic number of underdiagnosed cervical precancer lesions that may lead to increased cervical cancer burden in the future.
Beschreibung:Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der UB Marburg.
Umfang:7 Seiten
DOI:10.3390/cancers14194820

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