Abstract:Objective: Hospital admissions have been affected by lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lung cancer diagnosis process.
Methods: Patients who attended our clinic after the first official case of COVID-19 in Turkey were diagnosed with new lung cancer via bronchoscopy and/or endobronchial ultrasound, and were diagnosed during the fifteen months preceding the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed retrospectively.
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