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    What Has Changed in Patients Aged 65 and over Diagnosed with Breast Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Center Experience
    (KARGER, 2022-01-01) Soyder, Aykut; Guldogan, Nilgun; Isiklar, Aysun; Aribal, Erkin; Basaran, Gul
    Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has a worldwide negative impact on healthcare systems. This study aims to determine how the diagnosis, clinicopathological features, and treatment approaches of patients with breast cancer (BC) diagnosed at >= 65 years old were affected during the pandemic. This survey has shown that patients, especially the elderly, had to postpone their BC health problems or delay their routine controls due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission, high mortality rates due to comorbidity, and restrictions. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 153 patients with BC diagnosed at >= 65 years old before (January-December 2019