Changes in digestive cancer diagnosis during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy: A nationwide survey

BackgroundThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had a huge impact on healthcare systems, resulting in many routine diagnostic procedures either being halted or postponed.AimsTo evaluate whether the diagnoses of colorectal, gastric and pancreatic cancers have been impacted by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy.MethodsA survey designed to collect the number of histologically-proven diagnoses of the three cancers in gastroenterology services across Italy from...