The impact of delayed screening colonoscopies during the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical outcomes

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening services in Ireland were cancelled or postponed for periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of screening colonoscopy delays after a positive FIT on clinical and histopathological outcomes due to these restrictions. Partic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer epidemiology 2024-10, Vol.92, p.102629, Article 102629
Hauptverfasser:	McCarthy, Róisín, Mooney, Thérèse, Fitzpatrick, Patricia, Kennedy, Rachel A., Coffey, Hilary, Sheedy, Mary, MacMathúna, Padraic
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenoma Adenoma - diagnosis Adenoma - epidemiology Adenoma - pathology Aged Breast cancer Clinical outcomes Colonoscopy Colonoscopy - methods Colonoscopy - statistics & numerical data Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology COVID-19 COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - epidemiology Early Detection of Cancer - methods Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data Endoscopy Female Humans Intestine Ireland - epidemiology Male Mass Screening - methods Medical screening Middle Aged Occult Blood Pandemics Polyps SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification screening Time Factors Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:	Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening services in Ireland were cancelled or postponed for periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of screening colonoscopy delays after a positive FIT on clinical and histopathological outcomes due to these restrictions. Participants in the Irish National Bowel Screening Programme with a positive Immunochemical Faecal Test (FIT) during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020-December 2021) were included. Patients were categorised into attended for a colonoscopy
ISSN:	1877-7821 1877-783X 1877-783X
DOI:	10.1016/j.canep.2024.102629