A prospective cohort study of the safety of breast cancer surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in the West of Scotland
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Judith Reid; Jennifer McIlhenny; Vivienne Blackhall; Suzanne Elgammal; Julie Doughty; Alison Lannigan; Marie-Claire McGuigan; Sheila Stallard; Francesca Savioli; James Mansell; Dermott Murphy; Andy Malyon; Sian Tovey; Christopher John Wilson; L. Romics; Iona Reid
- Source
- The Breast : Official Journal of the European Society of Mastology
Breast, Vol 55, Iss, Pp 1-6 (2021)
The Breast
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_treatment
Mammaplasty
Mastectomy, Segmental
Breast surgery
State Medicine
Cohort Studies
0302 clinical medicine
Postoperative Complications
Breast cancer
Pandemic
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Mastectomy
Aged, 80 and over
Cross Infection
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
General Medicine
Middle Aged
lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Tumor Burden
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Original Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Breast Neoplasms
lcsh:RC254-282
03 medical and health sciences
Humans
In patient
Breast conservation therapy
Pandemics
Aged
Neoplasm Staging
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
medicine.disease
Surgery
Carcinoma, Lobular
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Scotland
Breast Carcinoma In Situ
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1532-3080
0960-9776
Introduction In order to minimise the risk of breast cancer patients for COVID-19 infection related morbidity and mortality prioritisation of care has utmost importance since the onset of the pandemic. However, COVID-19 related risk in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery has not been studied yet. We evaluated the safety of breast cancer surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in the West of Scotland region. Methods A prospective cohort study of patients having breast cancer surgery was carried out in a geographical region during the first eight weeks of the hospital lockdown and outcomes were compared to the regional cancer registry data of pre-COVID-19 patients of the same units (n = 1415). Results 188 operations were carried out in 179 patients. Tumour size was significantly larger in patients undergoing surgery during hospital lockdown than before (cT3-4: 16.8% vs. 7.4%; p
Highlights • A regional prospective cohort study on safety of breast surgery during COVID-19 pandemic. • Breast cancer surgery is safe in selected patients. • No COVID-19 infection related morbidity and mortality detected.