Tailored breast imaging during the first wave and preparedness for the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. (2020) - Shimpi, Trishna
Highlights: Avoiding transmission of COVID-19 pandemic while providing essential breast cancer care is critical. Tailored recommendations and algorithms have been developed promptly at the breast imaging department to face the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Discussions are underway on the best way to resume regular patient care, given the uncertainty course and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstract: The pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus has changed the way patient care is provided worldwide. This review focuses on the description of the operational measures implemented in a breast imaging department in accordance with existing recommendations for the treatment of breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic to make optimal use of finite resources without interruption of essential imaging services for breast cancer patients. It will also apply during a second-wave of the pandemic, which, according to experts, is inevitable and requires us to be better prepared.