The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer tackle in Brazil’s public and private healthcare system: time series study between 2014 and 2022

Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles concernant la prise en charge des cancers durant la crise sanitaire liée à la COVID-19

Résumé en anglais

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the healthcare systems of many countries and negatively impacted the care of other diseases.

Objective: To evaluate the trend of screening mammograms, oncological breast surgeries, and breast cancer hospitalizations in Brazil’s public and private healthcare system between 2014 and 2022.

Method: This ecological time series study uses the inflection point regression model and semester percentage change (SPC). We use the open-access dataset of the different healthcare systems in Brazil. We analyzed the trend of the variables in the pre-pandemic and the effect of the pandemic on the total time series.

Results: In 2020, compared to 2019, the decrease in screening mammograms, oncological breast surgeries, and breast cancer hospitalization was