The COVID-19 pandemic has affected just about every
aspect of life, including screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care
for breast cancer. People who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer and people
who are at high risk for breast cancer have found themselves in a uniquely
difficult and sometimes frightening position since the coronavirus crisis
began. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arises from the virus
SARS-CoV-2 which is similar to the original SARS virus. The most common
symptoms of the COVID-19 infection are fever, coughing and shortness of breath.
The primary mode of transmission for the COVID-19 virus is between people
through respiratory droplets and contact routes. The fatality rate of COVID-19
has been estimated at approximately 2 to 3%, but it varies dramatically for
different age groups and accompanying comorbidities like cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and hypertension.
Many guidelines have common points in approaching
breast cancer treatment, but patients are recommended to be evaluated on a
case-by-case basis. Unless a complication, such as an abscess, infection,
requires urgent treatment, surgery should be postponed for at least three
months due to atypia, prophylactic/risk-reducing surgery, and benign breast
disease. During the first couple of months of the pandemic, many hospitals
stopped performing breast reconstruction procedures. This was because public
health authorities recommended that elective (non-urgent) surgeries be
postponed, and breast reconstruction was considered to be elective surgery at
the time. Doctors are looking at each person’s unique situation and diagnosis
when deciding how to best move forward with breast cancer treatment during the
pandemic. Doctors are looking at whether a person has a higher risk of becoming
seriously ill from a COVID-19 infection due to a weakened immune system from
treatments such as chemotherapy or targeted therapy, or because of their age or
other health problems.
For more
details please follow the link:
#Breast_Cancer_congress_2021
#London #UK #SanFrancisco #USA #Covid19
#Coronavaccination #breastcancer
#breastsurgery #chemotherapy #breastcancerresearch #breastdisease #Immunotherapy
#Tumor #mastectomy #carcinoma #Breast_conference #Keynote #Oral_sessions
