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- Title
Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lyon University Hospital Cancer Institute (IC-HCL).
- Authors
Belmont, Anne-Sophie; Sajous, Christophe; Bruyas, Amandine; Calattini, Sara; Cartalat, Stéphanie; Chauvenet, Marion; Colombel, Marc; Dalle, Stéphane; Dagonneau, Tristan; Darrason, Marie; Devouassoux, Gilles; Duruisseaux, Michaël; Guillet, Marielle; Glehen, Olivier; Philouze, Pierre; Tronc, François; Walter, Thomas; You, Benoît; Freyer, Gilles
- Abstract
Simple Summary: This article presents the protective measures put in place at the "Institut de Cancérologie des Hospices de Lyon" (IC-HCL) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France (spring 2020) and how they impacted IC-HCL clinical activity. Spring 2020 activities were compared to winter 2019–2020. This article presents the protective measures put in place at the "Institut de Cancérologie des Hospices de Lyon" (IC-HCL) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France (spring 2020) and how they impacted IC-HCL clinical activity. Spring 2020 activities were compared to winter 2019–2020. Results showed a decrease of activity of 9% for treatment dispensations, 17% for multidisciplinary team meetings, 20% for head and neck and thoracic surgeries, and 58% for new patient enrolment in clinical trials. Characteristics of patients treated for solid cancer and hospitalized for COVID-19 during spring 2020 were collected in a retrospective study. Mortality was attributed to COVID-19 for half of the cases, 82% being patients above 70 and 73% being stage IV. This is in concordance with current findings concluding that the risk of developing severe or critical symptoms of COVID-19 is correlated with factors co-occurring in cancer patients and not to the cancer condition per se. While a number of routines and treatment regimens were changed, there was no major decline in numbers of treatments conducted at the IC-HCL during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit France between March and May 2020, except for clinical trials and some surgery activities.
- Subjects
FRANCE; ACADEMIC medical centers; SPECIALTY hospitals; ACQUISITION of data methodology; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CANCER treatment; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH care teams; MEDICAL records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Cancers, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
2072-6694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cancers14010029