Increased socioeconomic vulnerability in breast cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

• Main Authors: Juliana Dantas de Araújo Santos Camargo (Author), Sávio Ferreira Camargo (Author), Nicoli Serquiz (Author), Ayane Cristine Alves Sarmento (Author), Ana Katherine Gonçalves (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the time of breast cancer diagnosis in Brazil and associated socioeconomic factors. Methods: This population-based retrospective study examined breast cancer diagnoses in women between 2019 and 2020 (n = 12,597). Two...