Wednesday, March 24, 2021

BREAST CANCER IN THE ERA OF COVID-19

 

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:

UK Breast Cancer Congress: https://frontiersmeetings.com/conferences/breastcancercongress/   

USA Breast Cancer 2021: https://frontiersmeetings.com/conferences/breastcancer/

Breast Cancer Webinar: https://frontiersmeetings.com/webinars/breastcancer/

For queries and details contact us: breastcancer@frontiermeeting.org   

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