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Pages PB, Cottenet J, Bonniaud P, Tubert-Bitter P, Piroth L, Cadranel J, Bernard A, Quantin C. Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic on Lung Cancer Surgery in France: A Nationwide Study. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13246277. [PMID: 34944896 PMCID: PMC8699699 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Few studies have investigated the link between SARS-CoV-2 and health restrictions and its effects on the health of lung cancer (LC) patients. This study aimed to assess the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on activity volume, postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality (IHM) for LC resections in 2020 at the national level in France. Our study shows a decrease in the volume of LC resections, especially during the first lockdown. We also show that only 0.43% of patients hospitalized for LC surgery during 2020 developed a SARS-CoV-2 infection, but this low rate is counterbalanced by a high IHM (21%) in these 51 patients. Our findings suggest that, even if the IHM is high, LC surgery is feasible during a pandemic provided that the general guidance protocols edited by the surgical societies are respected. Therefore, this study provides further arguments to encourage teams to test for COVID-19 prior to surgery and patients to be vaccinated. Abstract Few studies have investigated the link between SARS-CoV-2 and health restrictions and its effects on the health of lung cancer (LC) patients. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on surgical activity volume, postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality (IHM) for LC resections in France. All data for adult patients who underwent pulmonary resection for LC in France in 2020, collected from the national administrative database, were compared to 2018–2019. The effect of SARS-CoV-2 on the risk of IHM and severe complications within 30 days among LC surgery patients was examined using a logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities and type of resection. There was a slight decrease in the volume of LC resections in 2020 (n = 11,634), as compared to 2018 (n = 12,153) and 2019 (n = 12,227), with a noticeable decrease in April 2020 (the peak of the first wave of epidemic in France). We found that SARS-CoV-2 (0.43% of 2020 resections) was associated with IHM and severe complications, with, respectively, a sevenfold (aOR = 7.17 (3.30–15.55)) and almost a fivefold (aOR = 4.76 (2.31–9.80)) increase in risk. Our study suggests that LC surgery is feasible even during a pandemic, provided that general guidance protocols edited by the surgical societies are respected.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pierre-Benoit Pages
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, Bocage Central, 21079 Dijon, France; (P.-B.P.); (A.B.)
- INSERM UMR 1231, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bocage, University of Burgundy, 21079 Dijon, France
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (DIM), Dijon University Hospital, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon, France;
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; (P.B.); (L.P.)
- Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care Unit Department, Dijon University Hospital, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon, France
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- High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94800 Villejuif, France;
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; (P.B.); (L.P.)
- Clinical Investigation Center, Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Unit, Dijon University Hospital, 21079 Dijon, France
- Infectious Diseases Department, Dijon University Hospital, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon, France
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- Chest Department and Constitutive Center for Rare Pulmonary Disease, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B) and Sorbonne University, 75020 Paris, France;
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, Bocage Central, 21079 Dijon, France; (P.-B.P.); (A.B.)
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (DIM), Dijon University Hospital, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon, France;
- High-Dimensional Biostatistics for Drug Safety and Genomics, Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, 94800 Villejuif, France;
- Clinical Investigation Center, Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Unit, Dijon University Hospital, 21079 Dijon, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +(33)-3-80-29-34-65; Fax: +(33)-3-80-29-39-73
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Gard G, Voskoboynik M. Setting the Stage: Delay to Surgery May Upstage Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Chest 2019; 156:633-634. [PMID: 31511156 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.04.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Grace Gard
- Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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