Analysing the Trends in Breast Surgery Clinical Practice Incurred by COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study with the Pre-COVID Era from Pakista

• Conditions: C50; Malignant neoplasm of breast

• Registration Number: DRKS00026114
• Lead Sponsor: Aga Khan University Hospital

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2021-05-30
• Study Start: 2021-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 337

Inclusion Criteria

All patients who underwent surgery for proven breast cancer before the onset of COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19 outbreak era.

Exclusion Criteria

Only those patients were not accrued in the study population whose medical records were incomplete or were lost to follow-up and those receiving primary systemic treatment for their metastatic or Stage IV disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary endpoints were the number of surgical procedures performed for breast cancer before and during pandemic.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall management outcome of breast cancer patients.