Redressing breast cancer screening disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Turning crisis into opportunity

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, United states. Electronic address: jennifer.fieber@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Rena Rowan Breast Center, Abramson Cancer Center, The University of Pennsylvania, United States; Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Abramson Cancer Center, The University of Pennsylvania, United States; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), The University of Pennsylvania, United States. Electronic address: fayanju@upenn.edu.

Editorial

Jennifer H Fieber et al. Am J Surg. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;224(4):1038.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.05.008. Epub 2022 May 14.

¹ Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, United states. Electronic address: jennifer.fieber@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Rena Rowan Breast Center, Abramson Cancer Center, The University of Pennsylvania, United States; Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Abramson Cancer Center, The University of Pennsylvania, United States; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), The University of Pennsylvania, United States. Electronic address: fayanju@upenn.edu.

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Impact of the COVID-19 breast cancer screening hiatus on clinical stage and racial disparities in New York City.
Fasano GA, Bayard S, Tamimi R, Bea V, Malik M, Davis M, Simmons R, Swistel A, Marti J, Drotman M, Katzen J, Formenti S, Ng J, Astrow A, Taiwo E, Balogun O, Siegel B, Radzio A, Elreda L, Chen Y, Newman L. Fasano GA, et al. Am J Surg. 2022 Oct;224(4):1039-1045. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.05.037. Epub 2022 May 27. Am J Surg. 2022. PMID: 35641320 Free PMC article.

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