Cytopathology Practice in the COVID-19 Era: Focus on Sample Workload
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Single-Institutional Experiences
3. Multi-Institutional Experiences
4. Molecular Cytopathology
5. Ongoing Effects and Future Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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OVERALL SAMPLE NUMBER | MALIGNANCY RATE (%) | |||||||
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Author (Ref.) | Study Period | COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | Difference (%) | COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 | 2019 |
Vigliar et al. [10] | 3 weeks (9 March to 27 March) | 94 | 615 | nr | nr | −84.7 | 15 | 5 |
de Pelsemaeker M. et al. [11] | 4 months (January to April) | 4921 | 8152 | 8513 | 8174 | −39.6; −42.2; −39.8 | nr | nr |
Rana et al. [12] | 9 weeks (24 March to 17 May) | 21 | 230 | nr | nr | −90.9 | 61.9 | 27.8 |
Virk et al. [13] | 10 weeks (16 March to 15 May) | 1372 | 10,335 | nr | nr | −86.7 | 16 | 10 |
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Iaccarino, A.; Dello Iacovo, F.; Pisapia, P.; De Luca, C.; Malapelle, U.; Bellevicine, C.; Troncone, G.; Vigliar, E. Cytopathology Practice in the COVID-19 Era: Focus on Sample Workload. J. Mol. Pathol. 2021, 2, 109-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp2020011
Iaccarino A, Dello Iacovo F, Pisapia P, De Luca C, Malapelle U, Bellevicine C, Troncone G, Vigliar E. Cytopathology Practice in the COVID-19 Era: Focus on Sample Workload. Journal of Molecular Pathology. 2021; 2(2):109-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp2020011
Chicago/Turabian StyleIaccarino, Antonino, Filippo Dello Iacovo, Pasquale Pisapia, Caterina De Luca, Umberto Malapelle, Claudio Bellevicine, Giancarlo Troncone, and Elena Vigliar. 2021. "Cytopathology Practice in the COVID-19 Era: Focus on Sample Workload" Journal of Molecular Pathology 2, no. 2: 109-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp2020011
APA StyleIaccarino, A., Dello Iacovo, F., Pisapia, P., De Luca, C., Malapelle, U., Bellevicine, C., Troncone, G., & Vigliar, E. (2021). Cytopathology Practice in the COVID-19 Era: Focus on Sample Workload. Journal of Molecular Pathology, 2(2), 109-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp2020011