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Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature
Background: The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on patients with urological malignancies (prostate cancer, bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer, kidney cancer, penile and testicular cancer) and to review the available recommendations reported in the literature. Methods: A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9865028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36677468 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010176 |
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author | Gavi, Filippo Santoro, Paolo Emilio Amantea, Carlotta Russo, Pierluigi Marino, Filippo Borrelli, Ivan Moscato, Umberto Foschi, Nazario |
author_facet | Gavi, Filippo Santoro, Paolo Emilio Amantea, Carlotta Russo, Pierluigi Marino, Filippo Borrelli, Ivan Moscato, Umberto Foschi, Nazario |
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description | Background: The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on patients with urological malignancies (prostate cancer, bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer, kidney cancer, penile and testicular cancer) and to review the available recommendations reported in the literature. Methods: A review was performed, through the PubMed database, regarding available recommendations reported in the literature, to identify studies examining the impact of COVID-19 on treatment and clinical outcomes (including upstaging, recurrence, and mortality) for uro-oncological patients. Results: The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the urological guidelines and patients’ access to screening programs and follow-up visits. Great efforts were undertaken to guarantee treatments to high-risk patients although follow up was not always possible due to recurrent surges, and patients with lower risk cancers had to wait for therapies. Conclusions: Physically and mentally, uro-oncological patients paid a heavy price during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long term data on the “costs” of clinical decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic are still to be revealed and analyzed. |
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spelling | pubmed-98650282023-01-22 Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature Gavi, Filippo Santoro, Paolo Emilio Amantea, Carlotta Russo, Pierluigi Marino, Filippo Borrelli, Ivan Moscato, Umberto Foschi, Nazario Microorganisms Review Background: The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on patients with urological malignancies (prostate cancer, bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer, kidney cancer, penile and testicular cancer) and to review the available recommendations reported in the literature. Methods: A review was performed, through the PubMed database, regarding available recommendations reported in the literature, to identify studies examining the impact of COVID-19 on treatment and clinical outcomes (including upstaging, recurrence, and mortality) for uro-oncological patients. Results: The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the urological guidelines and patients’ access to screening programs and follow-up visits. Great efforts were undertaken to guarantee treatments to high-risk patients although follow up was not always possible due to recurrent surges, and patients with lower risk cancers had to wait for therapies. Conclusions: Physically and mentally, uro-oncological patients paid a heavy price during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long term data on the “costs” of clinical decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic are still to be revealed and analyzed. MDPI 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9865028/ /pubmed/36677468 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010176 Text en © 2023 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/). |
spellingShingle | Review Gavi, Filippo Santoro, Paolo Emilio Amantea, Carlotta Russo, Pierluigi Marino, Filippo Borrelli, Ivan Moscato, Umberto Foschi, Nazario Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title | Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 on Uro-Oncological Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on uro-oncological patients: a comprehensive review of the literature |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9865028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36677468 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010176 |
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