The Progress of Thyroid Cancer in The Covid 19 Period

Mikail Uyan; Kadir Tomas; Süleyman Kalcan; Ali Özdemir; Gökhan Demiral; Ahmet Pergel

doi:10.7197/cmj.1118859

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The Progress of Thyroid Cancer in The Covid 19 Period

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the thyroid cancer stage.
Methods : Our study includes a comparative analysis of two patient groups treated for thyroid cancer. Patients who were treated for thyroid cancer between 11 April 2018 and 11 March 2020 were included in Group 1, and patients who were treated for thyroid cancer between 11 March 2020 and 11 February 2022 during the COVID-19 epidemic were included in Group 2.
Results: Groups 1 and 2 included 163 and 117 patients, respectively. Patients with preoperative fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) as potentially malignant or malignant were significantly higher in Group 2 (p=0.001). When compared according to the postoperative pathological diagnoses, there was a significant difference between the groups, poorly differentiated thyroid cancer was more common in Group 2 (p=0.018). Pathological tumour diameter was significantly larger in Group 2 (p=0.001).
Conclusions: Patients with suspicious findings in terms of thyroid diseases and cancer applied to the hospital later, both because of the fear of contracting COVID-19 and as a result of the pandemic measures recommended and implemented by all world health authorities. These patients applied to the hospital with their complaints gradually increasing in the following periods, parallel to this, there was a delay in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer and the disease could be detected at a more advanced stage.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mikail Uyan ^*
0000-0003-4595-4345
Türkiye

Kadir Tomas
0000-0003-4129-5725
Türkiye

Süleyman Kalcan
0000-0002-0829-7334
Türkiye

Ali Özdemir
0000-0002-6435-1868
Türkiye

Gökhan Demiral
0000-0003-2807-5437
Türkiye

Ahmet Pergel
0000-0002-0163-887X
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 30, 2022

Submission Date

May 19, 2022

Acceptance Date

June 18, 2022

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Year 2022 Volume: 44 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7197/cmj.1118859

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https://izlik.org/JA88EE57YT

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1.Uyan M, Tomas K, Kalcan S, Özdemir A, Demiral G, Pergel A. The Progress of Thyroid Cancer in The Covid 19 Period. CMJ. 2022;44(2):211-217. doi:10.7197/cmj.1118859