Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl2-CM03
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS’ DEMOGRAPHICS AND PET-CT UTILIZATION
Berkin Ersoya
; University of Hamburg School of Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Elif Cengiz
; Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Eylül Şenödeyici
; Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Gizem Yildirim
; Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Dengiz Koray Şahintürk
; Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Mustafa Alperen Koşucu
; Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Fatma Selin Soyluoğlud
; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Abstract
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has created various health problems in many people, it has also caused disruptions in the clinical management of patients with existing cancerous disease. This retrospective cohort study aims to observe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in PET-CT utilization, which has an important role in the diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of cancer patients.
Keywords
COVID-19, pandemic, PET-CT scan
Hrčak ID:
279898
URI
Publication date:
27.4.2022.
Visits: 218 *