Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Practice Guideline
. 2020 Jun;34(3 Suppl):1661-1665.
doi: 10.21873/invivo.11958.

Tor Vergata University-Hospital in the Beginning of COVID-19-Era: Experience and Recommendation for Breast Cancer Patients

Oreste Claudio Buonomo  1 , Marco Materazzo  1 , Marco Pellicciaro  1 , Jonathan Caspi  1 , Emilio Piccione  2 , Gianluca Vanni  3
Affiliations
Practice Guideline

Tor Vergata University-Hospital in the Beginning of COVID-19-Era: Experience and Recommendation for Breast Cancer Patients

Oreste Claudio Buonomo et al. In Vivo. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

COVID-19 has been officially declared as a pandemic by the WHO. Italy was the first European country to be strongly affected by this outbreak. All elective and health promotion activities were reduced. Accordingly, Italian Breast Units and breast cancer (BC) screening programs scaled down significantly their activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate measures that could potentially reduce the clinical impact of COVID-19 on BC patients. Temporary recommendations are needed that could assist specialists in preventing COVID-19 infection and optimizing resources for diagnosis and treatment of BC patients.

Keywords: Breast cancer; COVID-19; Italy; screening program; tailored treatment.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The Authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this study.

References

    1. Ministry of Health Covid-19 - Situazione in Italia. Available at: http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuov.... [Last accessed April 20, 2020]
    1. I Numeri del Cancro in Italia 2018. Associazione Italiana Oncologia Medica.
    1. EPICENTRO PASSI Screening mammografico dati sorveglianza Passi.Covid-19 - Situazione in Italia. Available at: https://www.epicentro.iss.it/passi/dati/ScreeningMammografico#impatto. [Last accessed April 3, 2020]
    1. Foca F, Mancini S, Bucchi L, Puliti D, Zappa M, Naldoni C, Falcini F, Gambino ML, Piffer S, Sanoja Gonzalez ME, Stracci F, Zorzi M, Paci E. Decreasing incidence of late-stage breast cancer after the introduction of organized mammography screening in Italy. Cancer. 2013;119:2022–2028. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28014. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Buiatti E, Barchielli A, Bartolacci S, Bucchi L, De Lisi V, Federico M, Ferretti S, Paci E, Vettorazzi M, Zanetti R. Stage-specific incidence of breast cancer before the beginning of organized screening programs in Italy. Cancer Causes Control. 2002;13:65–71. doi: 10.1023/a:1013950821981. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms