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@ARTICLE{Erdmann:294661,
      author       = {F. Erdmann and M. Wellbrock and K. K. De Santis and J.
                      Hübner and S. Voigtländer and V. Arndt$^*$},
      title        = {{I}mpact of the {COVID}-19 pandemic on cancer diagnoses,
                      oncological care and cancer patients in {G}ermany: a report
                      from the '{COVID} $\&$ {C}ancer' workshop 2023 of the
                      {G}erman {S}ociety for {E}pidemiology ({DGE}pi).},
      journal      = {Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology},
      volume       = {150},
      number       = {11},
      issn         = {0301-1585},
      address      = {Heidelberg},
      publisher    = {Springer},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2024-02396},
      pages        = {491},
      year         = {2024},
      note         = {#LA:C071#LA:M110#},
      abstract     = {The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with severe
                      disruptions in healthcare worldwide. Cancer patients are at
                      particular risk of adverse consequences from delays in
                      diagnosis and treatment. To evaluate the available data on
                      the impact of the pandemic on cancer diagnoses, oncological
                      care and patient well-being in Germany, the German Society
                      for Epidemiology (DGEpi) in collaboration with the
                      Epidemiological Cancer Registry of Lower Saxony invited to a
                      workshop on 'COVID $\&$ Cancer' (held on 26-27 October 2023
                      in Hanover, Germany). This report provides a summary of the
                      scientific presentations, highlights methodological
                      challenges, and recognises essential evidence gaps.Twelve
                      studies addressing various aspects in relation to cancer
                      diagnoses, oncological care and patient well-being during
                      the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and two talks sharing
                      experiences from the UK and the Netherlands were presented
                      at the workshop.Results from German cancer registries
                      consistently showed lower number of incident cancer
                      diagnoses among adults during the first months of the
                      pandemic compared to the respective months of the years
                      before the pandemic. Data from the cancer registries of
                      Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony found especially for
                      breast cancer a notable drop (by approximately one third) in
                      the numbers of diagnoses during the first restriction period
                      (April-May 2020), during which the nationwide mammography
                      screening programme in Germany was temporarily suspended.
                      Overall, the extent and ways, in which the pandemic had
                      adversely affected cancer diagnoses, oncological care and
                      created service backlogs, is still not adequately
                      understood. The long-term consequences are yet to be
                      determined.},
      keywords     = {Humans / COVID-19: epidemiology / Germany: epidemiology /
                      Neoplasms: epidemiology / Neoplasms: diagnosis / Neoplasms:
                      therapy / Registries / SARS-CoV-2 / Medical Oncology:
                      methods / Pandemics / Female / Adverse consequences (Other)
                      / COVID-19 pandemic (Other) / Cancer care (Other) / Delayed
                      diagnosis (Other) / Germany (Other) / Incidence (Other)},
      cin          = {C071 / M110},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)C071-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)M110-20160331},
      pnm          = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:39516427},
      pmc          = {pmc:PMC11549193},
      doi          = {10.1007/s00432-024-06019-3},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/294661},
}