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de Andrade Natal R, Bedin AR, Giongo AA, Dias EM, Paschoalini RB, Volpato AHC, Melo ALAD, Santos CDC, Delgado ALJ, Dufloth RM, Soares FA, da Cunha Santos G. Thyroid FNA cytology: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination in a Brazilian series. Cancer Cytopathol 2024; 132:22-29. [PMID: 37747447 DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic prompted changes in medical practice, with a reduction in cytopathology volumes and a relative increase in the malignancy rate during lockdown and the initial postlockdown period. To date, no study has evaluated the impact of these changes on the volume of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) or on the frequency of cases according to The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) categories after vaccination. METHODS Ultrasound-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and ROSE assessments performed from January 2019 to May 2022 were evaluated retrospectively according to TBSRTC categories for three periods: prepandemic (period 1), from transmission to expansion (period 2), and after vaccination (period 3). RESULTS There were 7531 nodules from 5815 patients. FNA cases increased throughout the pandemic despite a drop during lockdown. The frequency of TBSRTC categories changed. Nondiagnostic cases had an increase of 18.1% in period 2 and 76.2% after vaccination compared with prepandemic levels. Malignant cases increased from 2.3% to 4.2% in period 2 and to 5.1% in period 3, representing increases of 83.1% and 121.2%, respectively, compared with period 1. Data corrected by time showed increases in categories IV, V, and VI and a decrease in benign nodules during the two pandemic periods. ROSE was performed in 787 cases during the prepandemic period, and there were decreases of 29.4% and 22.8% in periods 2 and 3, respectively. The ROSE-to-category I ratio was reduced significantly after vaccination. CONCLUSIONS Increased volume with sustained lower benign rates and higher malignant rates before and after vaccination indicate better selection of patients for FNA. A worse adequacy rate was correlated with a decrease in the number of ROSE assessments.
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- Rodrigo de Andrade Natal
- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Anatomic Pathology, Rede D'Or, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Henrique T, José Freitas da Silveira N, Henrique Cunha Volpato A, Mioto MM, Carolina Buzzo Stefanini A, Bachir Fares A, Gustavo da Silva Castro Andrade J, Masson C, Verónica Mendoza López R, Daumas Nunes F, Paulo Kowalski L, Severino P, Tajara EH. HNdb: an integrated database of gene and protein information on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Database (Oxford) 2016; 2016:baw026. [PMID: 27013077 PMCID: PMC4806539 DOI: 10.1093/database/baw026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The total amount of scientific literature has grown rapidly in recent years. Specifically, there are several million citations in the field of cancer. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to manually retrieve relevant information on the mechanisms that govern tumor behavior or the neoplastic process. Furthermore, cancer is a complex disease or, more accurately, a set of diseases. The heterogeneity that permeates many tumors is particularly evident in head and neck (HN) cancer, one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. In this study, we present HNdb, a free database that aims to provide a unified and comprehensive resource of information on genes and proteins involved in HN squamous cell carcinoma, covering data on genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, literature citations and also cross-references of external databases. Different literature searches of MEDLINE abstracts were performed using specific Medical Subject Headings (MeSH terms) for oral, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas. A curated gene-to-publication assignment yielded a total of 1370 genes related to HN cancer. The diversity of results allowed identifying novel and mostly unexplored gene associations, revealing,for example, that processes linked to response to steroid hormone stimulus are significantly enriched in genes related to HN carcinomas. Thus, our database expands the possibilities for gene networks investigation, providing potential hypothesis to be tested. Database URL:http://www.gencapo.famerp.br/hndb.
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- Tiago Henrique
- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Institute of Exact Science, Federal University of Alfenas, MG, Brazil, Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700 Centro 37130-000 - Alfenas, MG - Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Dermatological, Infectious, and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil R. do Matão Butantã 05508-090 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
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- State of São Paulo Cancer Institute - ICESP, SP, Brazil Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 251 Pacaembu 01246-000 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Stomatology School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 2227 Butantã 05508-000 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Cancer Hospital A.C. Camargo, SP, Brazil Rua Prof Antonio Prudente, 211 Liberdade 01509-010 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil and
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- Albert Einstein Research and Education Institute, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, SP, Brazil Av. Albert Einstein, 627 Morumbi 05652-000 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Av Brigadeiro Faria Lima n° 5416 Vila Sao Pedro 15090-000 - São José do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil R. do Matão Butantã 05508-090 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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