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
. 2021 Jul 12;118(27-28):481-482.
doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0265.

Fewer Operations for Cancer in Germany During the First Wave of COVID-19 in 2020–A Cohort Study and Time-Series Analysis

Johannes Diers, Laura Acar, Philip Baum, Sven Flemming, Carolin Kastner, Christoph-Thomas Germer, Helmut L'hoest, Ursula Marschall, Johan Friso Lock, Armin Wiegering

Fewer Operations for Cancer in Germany During the First Wave of COVID-19 in 2020–A Cohort Study and Time-Series Analysis

Johannes Diers et al. Dtsch Arztebl Int. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Rommel A, von der Lippe E, Plass D, et al. The COVID-19 disease burden in Germany in 2020—years of life lost to death and disease over the course of the pandemic. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2021;118:145–151. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series studies in medication use research. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2002;27:299–309. - PubMed
    1. Baum P, Diers J, Lichthardt S, et al. Mortality and complications following visceral surgery—a nationwide analysis based on the diagnostic categories used in German hospital invoicing data. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2019;116:739–746. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Sud A, Jones ME, Broggio J. Collateral damage: the impact on outcomes from cancer surgery of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Oncol. 2020;31:1065–1074. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Maringe C, et al. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis in England, UK: a national, population-based, modelling study. Lancet Oncol. 2020;21:1023–1034. - PMC - PubMed