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- Title
Blockchain: A safe digital technology to share cancer diagnostic results in pandemic times—Challenges and legacy for the future.
- Authors
Lima, Bruno Natan Santana; da Mota Santana, Lucas Alves; Gonçalo, Rani Iani Costa; de Oliveira Costa, Carla Samily; de Sousa Nogueira, Daniel Pitanga; Trento, Cleverson Luciano; Takeshita, Wilton Mitsunari
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic directly impacted oral pathology services worldwide, including delays in the diagnosis of several alterations, in special, malignant neoplasms.[[1]] Consequently, late diagnosis of these diseases may provoke a worsening of patients' clinical condition, including an increase in the potential risk of metastasis, a larger tumour size (T), and a lower survival rate.[[3]] In Brazil, during the first wave of COVID-19, a reduction of 63.8% was observed in the diagnosis of potentially malignant disorders and tumours when compared to the previous period, with malignant lesions and oral cancer showing a decrease of 49.48% and 50.64%, respectively.[1] For this reason, the present letter aims to demonstrate that Blockchain, a digital data-sharing technology, can culminate in the exchange of and access to cancer diagnostic results among different oral medicine services in pandemic times. Blockchain: A safe digital technology to share cancer diagnostic results in pandemic times - Challenges and legacy for the future Finally, it is expected that with the application of this tool, pathology services will optimise the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial cancer in a scenario post-COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
HEAD &; neck cancer; DIGITAL technology; BLOCKCHAINS; CANCER diagnosis; PANDEMICS
- Publication
Oral Surgery (1752-2471), 2023, Vol 16, Issue 3, p300
- ISSN
1752-2471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ors.12800