Open AccessDirect and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with pulmonary and pleural malignancies – a retrospective analysis of patient outcomes treated at Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Brno, during the 2nd and 3rd coronavirus waves
Author(s) -
Monika Bratová,
Kristián Brat,
Lenka Jakubíková
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
klinická onkologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1802-5307
pISSN - 0862-495X
DOI - 10.48095/ccko2022215
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , pandemic , lung , disease , tuberculosis , population , respiratory system , covid-19 , pediatrics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health
The pandemic of COVID-19 has significantly influenced the dia-gnostics and treatment of patients with lung and pleural malignancies. This group of patients is the riskiest, compared to patients with other cancers, both in morbidity and mortality.