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Editorial
. 2020 Dec;128(12):881-882.
doi: 10.1002/cncy.22393.

The state of cytopathology laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic

William C Faquin  1
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Editorial

The state of cytopathology laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic

William C Faquin. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world, with a current total of 50.1 million cases of COVID‐19 worldwide and greater than 1.25 million deaths related to the disease. Hospitals have struggled to respond to the needs of their communities, with the pandemic's impact being felt in nearly all areas, including cytopathology laboratories. This issue of Cancer Cytopathology includes several original articles, commentaries, and correspondence describing a wide range of topics related to the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the field of cytopathology.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; cytology; cytopathology; laboratories.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author made no disclosures.

Comment on

  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cytology practice: An international survey in the Asia-Pacific region.
    Wang YH, Bychkov A, Chakrabarti I, Jain D, Liu Z, He S, Hanum SF, Bakrin I, Templo F Jr, Nguyen T, Kumarasinghe P, Jung CK, Kakudo K, Chen CC. Wang YH, et al. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 Dec;128(12):895-904. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22354. Epub 2020 Sep 15. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020. PMID: 32931161
  • Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cytopathology practice: Results from an international survey of laboratories in 23 countries.
    Vigliar E, Cepurnaite R, Alcaraz-Mateos E, Ali SZ, Baloch ZW, Bellevicine C, Bongiovanni M, Botsun P, Bruzzese D, Bubendorf L, Büttner R, Canberk S, Capitanio A, Casadio C, Cazacu E, Cochand-Priollet B, D'Amuri A, Eloy C, Engels M, Fadda G, Fontanini G, Fulciniti F, Hofman P, Iaccarino A, Ieni A, Jiang XS, Kakudo K, Kern I, Kholova I, Liu C, Lobo A, Lozano MD, Malapelle U, Maleki Z, Michelow P, Musayev J, Özgün G, Oznur M, Peiró Marqués FM, Pisapia P, Poller D, Pyzlak M, Robinson B, Rossi ED, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Saieg M, Savic Prince S, Schmitt FC, Javier Seguí Iváñez F, Štoos-Veić T, Sulaieva O, Sweeney BJ, Tuccari G, van Velthuysen ML, VanderLaan PA, Vielh P, Viola P, Voorham R, Weynand B, Zeppa P, Faquin WC, Pitman MB, Troncone G. Vigliar E, et al. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 Dec;128(12):885-894. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22373. Epub 2020 Oct 27. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020. PMID: 33108683

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