COVID-19-Induced Reduction in Primary Melanoma Diagnoses: Experience from a Dermatopathology Referral Center

The collateral damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic-associated public health and governmental measures on patient care has been increasingly assessed in various oncological and non-oncological clinical settings. In order to investigate potential adverse effects in the field of melanoma the present stu...

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Autores principales: Hoellwerth, Magdalena, Kaiser, Andreas, Emberger, Michael, Brandlmaier, Matthias, Laimer, Martin, Egger, Alexander, Bauer, Johann W., Koelblinger, Peter
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575169
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184059
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author Hoellwerth, Magdalena
Kaiser, Andreas
Emberger, Michael
Brandlmaier, Matthias
Laimer, Martin
Egger, Alexander
Bauer, Johann W.
Koelblinger, Peter
author_facet Hoellwerth, Magdalena
Kaiser, Andreas
Emberger, Michael
Brandlmaier, Matthias
Laimer, Martin
Egger, Alexander
Bauer, Johann W.
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description The collateral damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic-associated public health and governmental measures on patient care has been increasingly assessed in various oncological and non-oncological clinical settings. In order to investigate potential adverse effects in the field of melanoma the present study analyzed the characteristics of primary melanoma diagnoses at an Austrian dermato-pathological referral center before, during, and after the first coronavirus-related lockdown in March 2020. As suspected, we found significant temporary reductions in the number of newly diagnosed melanomas in 2020 compared to previous years, in particular, during the first lockdown period.
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spelling pubmed-84652702021-09-27 COVID-19-Induced Reduction in Primary Melanoma Diagnoses: Experience from a Dermatopathology Referral Center Hoellwerth, Magdalena Kaiser, Andreas Emberger, Michael Brandlmaier, Matthias Laimer, Martin Egger, Alexander Bauer, Johann W. Koelblinger, Peter J Clin Med Article The collateral damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic-associated public health and governmental measures on patient care has been increasingly assessed in various oncological and non-oncological clinical settings. In order to investigate potential adverse effects in the field of melanoma the present study analyzed the characteristics of primary melanoma diagnoses at an Austrian dermato-pathological referral center before, during, and after the first coronavirus-related lockdown in March 2020. As suspected, we found significant temporary reductions in the number of newly diagnosed melanomas in 2020 compared to previous years, in particular, during the first lockdown period. MDPI 2021-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8465270/ /pubmed/34575169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184059 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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COVID-19-Induced Reduction in Primary Melanoma Diagnoses: Experience from a Dermatopathology Referral Center
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title_sort covid-19-induced reduction in primary melanoma diagnoses: experience from a dermatopathology referral center
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