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The B-MaP-C study: breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study protocol

The B-MaP-C study: breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study protocol
The B-MaP-C study: breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study protocol

Introduction: Approximately 55000 women in the United Kingdom are diagnosed with new breast cancer annually. Since emerging in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, affecting healthcare delivery worldwide. In response to the pandemic, multiple guidelines were issued to assist with rationalising breast cancer care. The primary aim of the B-MaP-C study is to audit and describe breast cancer management of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic against pre-COVID-19 management practice in the UK. The implications of changes to management will be determined and the impact of a COVID-19 diagnosis on the patient's breast cancer management will be determined.

Methods and analysis: This is a multi-centre collaborative audit of consecutive breast cancer patients undergoing treatment decisions during the acute and recovery phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. All patients with newly diagnosed primary breast cancer, whose treatment was decided in a multidisciplinary meeting from the 16th March 2020, are eligible for inclusion.

Ethics and dissemination: As this is an audit ethical approval is not required. Each participating centre is required to register the study locally and obtain local governance approvals prior to commencement of data collection. Local audit data will be available to individual participating units for governance purposes. The results of the data analysis will be submitted for publication, as well as disseminated via the ABS newsletter and a webinar. All data will be presented at national and international conferences, circumstances permitting.

Registration details: Each participating centre received local governance audit registration.

Audit, Breast cancer, COVID-19, Outcomes, Standard treatment, Treatment
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Courtney, Alona, O'Connell, Rachel, Rattay, Tim, Kim, Baek, Cutress, Ramsey I., Kirwan, Cliona C, Gandhi, Ashu, Fairbrother, Patricia, Sharma, Nisha, Cartlidge, Christopher W J, Horgan, Kieran, McIntosh, Stuart A, Leff, Daniel R, Vidya, Raghavan, Potter, Shelley, Holcombe, Chris, Copson, Ellen, Coles, Charlotte E and Dave, Rajiv V. (2020) The B-MaP-C study: breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study protocol. International Journal of Surgery Protocols, 24, 1-5. (doi:10.1016/j.isjp.2020.07.003).

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Abstract

Introduction: Approximately 55000 women in the United Kingdom are diagnosed with new breast cancer annually. Since emerging in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, affecting healthcare delivery worldwide. In response to the pandemic, multiple guidelines were issued to assist with rationalising breast cancer care. The primary aim of the B-MaP-C study is to audit and describe breast cancer management of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic against pre-COVID-19 management practice in the UK. The implications of changes to management will be determined and the impact of a COVID-19 diagnosis on the patient's breast cancer management will be determined.

Methods and analysis: This is a multi-centre collaborative audit of consecutive breast cancer patients undergoing treatment decisions during the acute and recovery phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. All patients with newly diagnosed primary breast cancer, whose treatment was decided in a multidisciplinary meeting from the 16th March 2020, are eligible for inclusion.

Ethics and dissemination: As this is an audit ethical approval is not required. Each participating centre is required to register the study locally and obtain local governance approvals prior to commencement of data collection. Local audit data will be available to individual participating units for governance purposes. The results of the data analysis will be submitted for publication, as well as disseminated via the ABS newsletter and a webinar. All data will be presented at national and international conferences, circumstances permitting.

Registration details: Each participating centre received local governance audit registration.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 July 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 July 2020
Published date: 2020
Keywords: Audit, Breast cancer, COVID-19, Outcomes, Standard treatment, Treatment

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Local EPrints ID: 443512
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443512
ISSN: 2468-3574
PURE UUID: ec74f72f-f221-4828-b080-239053e0b78d

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Date deposited: 27 Aug 2020 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 09:09

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Author: Alona Courtney
Author: Rachel O'Connell
Author: Tim Rattay
Author: Baek Kim
Author: Cliona C Kirwan
Author: Ashu Gandhi
Author: Patricia Fairbrother
Author: Nisha Sharma
Author: Christopher W J Cartlidge
Author: Kieran Horgan
Author: Stuart A McIntosh
Author: Daniel R Leff
Author: Raghavan Vidya
Author: Shelley Potter
Author: Chris Holcombe
Author: Ellen Copson
Author: Charlotte E Coles
Author: Rajiv V. Dave

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