key: cord-0974568-kr16xyp9 authors: Barco, Israel; García-Fernández, Antonio; Menchen, Lidia; Giménez, Nuria; Fraile, Manel title: Short term effects of an initial covid-19 Outbreak on Breast Cancer Care. A brief report date: 2021-10-30 journal: Cir Esp DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2021.10.017 sha: 2977638d52ab2ba4f22c270d53322e70b53fd195 doc_id: 974568 cord_uid: kr16xyp9 nan Efectos a corto plazo de un brote inicial de covid-19 en la atención del cáncer de mama. Israel Barco a,* , Antonio García-Fernández a , Lidia Menchen b , Nuria Giménez c,d , Los autores declaran no tenir conflictes de interés. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f The Table1 shows a comparative analysis of the relevant variables between the study and control subjects. The ominous covid-19 pandemic is bound to have profound effects on many aspects of Health Care worldwide. Due to its high prevalence in the western world, BC is of much concern under the present circumstances 3 . Early BC diagnosis together with the improved women's awareness of the disease has led to a marked improvement of prognosis, with a present survival rate of 84% at 5 years 4 . In order to meet these goals, a well-built armamentarium has been deployed, including PSP, and an enhanced use of ultrasound scans (US), Official statistics of Incidència setmanal COVID-19 . Institut d'Estadísitca de Catalunya Recommendations for triage, prioritization and treatment of breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for cancer in Spain Analysis of cancer incidence, survival and mortality according to the main tumoral localizations Suboptimal declines and delays in early breast cancer treatment after COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in China: A national survey of 8397 patients in the first quarter of 2020