The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a significant stress test for healthcare systems worldwide, due to the need for hospitalization of an increasing number of infected patients. The shift of massive resources to the acute needs of the pandemic led to an upheaval of the usual diagnostic and therapeutic pathways of chronic diseases, including thyroid cancer disease. The motto was to reduce crowding at clinics and to maintain essential health services. However, thyroid cancer clinical practice recommendations already encouraged physicians to reduce “low-value” care: in particular, to avoid screening of general population, to reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies, and to adopt a conservative approach to indeterminate thyroid nodules and low-risk thyroid cancers
The legacy of the COVID-19 pandemics for thyroid cancer patients: towards the application of clinical practice recommendations / Grani, G.; Ciotti, L.; Del Gatto, V.; Montesano, T.; Biffoni, M.; Giacomelli, L.; Sponziello, M.; Pecce, V.; Verrienti, A.; Filetti, S.; Durante, C.. - In: ENDOCRINE. - ISSN 1559-0100. - 79:1(2023), pp. 45-48. [10.1007/s12020-022-03132-6]
The legacy of the COVID-19 pandemics for thyroid cancer patients: towards the application of clinical practice recommendations
Grani G.Primo
;Montesano T.;Biffoni M.;Giacomelli L.;Sponziello M.;Pecce V.;Verrienti A.;Durante C.
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2023
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The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a significant stress test for healthcare systems worldwide, due to the need for hospitalization of an increasing number of infected patients. The shift of massive resources to the acute needs of the pandemic led to an upheaval of the usual diagnostic and therapeutic pathways of chronic diseases, including thyroid cancer disease. The motto was to reduce crowding at clinics and to maintain essential health services. However, thyroid cancer clinical practice recommendations already encouraged physicians to reduce “low-value” care: in particular, to avoid screening of general population, to reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies, and to adopt a conservative approach to indeterminate thyroid nodules and low-risk thyroid cancers| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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