Department of Experimental Oncology, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Clinic for Medical Oncology, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2021 Jan;21(1):101-107. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2021.1860760. Epub 2020 Dec 21.
: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic introduced a global distraction effect in cancer patients' care. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of the pandemic on the largest molecular diagnostics center for cancer patients and high-risk individuals in Serbia.: and mutation testing were performed by qPCR and NGS. NGS was used for panel testing of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer and cancers associated with Lynch syndrome. The analytical output during the state of emergency (SoE) was compared to the period before and after the outbreak using one-way ANOVA. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.: A 38% reduction in the number of analysis was detected during the SoE. After the SoE, a 19% reduction was noted compared to SoE and 50% compared to the period before the SoE (p = 0.038). Three of the 48 scheduled appointments for pretest genetic counseling were carried out during the SoE, but the number of NGS tests increased by 50%.: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a profound negative effect on the diagnostic output of our centralized molecular diagnostics center. The only positive effect was shortening of waiting lists for hereditary cancer patients and high-risk individuals.
: SARS-CoV-2 大流行对癌症患者护理造成了全球性的干扰。本研究旨在探讨该流行病对塞尔维亚最大的癌症患者和高危人群的分子诊断中心的影响。: 采用 qPCR 和 NGS 进行 和 突变检测。NGS 用于遗传性乳腺癌/卵巢癌和与 Lynch 综合征相关癌症的.panel 检测。使用单向方差分析比较紧急状态(SoE)期间与疫情爆发前和爆发后的分析输出。p 值 < 0.05 表示具有统计学意义。: 在 SoE 期间,检测分析数量减少了 38%。SoE 后,与 SoE 相比减少了 19%,与 SoE 前相比减少了 50%(p=0.038)。在 SoE 期间进行了 48 次预定的术前遗传咨询预约中的 3 次,但 NGS 检测数量增加了 50%。: SARS-CoV-2 大流行对我们集中式分子诊断中心的诊断结果产生了深远的负面影响。唯一的积极影响是缩短了遗传性癌症患者和高危人群的等待名单。