Investigator

Cristina Secosan

Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research Interests

CSCristina Secosan
Papers(1)
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 …
Collaborators(2)
Lavinia BalanAnca Maria Cimpean
Institutions(1)
Victor Babe Universit…

Papers

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer and Precursor Lesions—A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Background and Objectives: Our aim was to perform a retrospective analysis of the volume of cervical screening tests, the number of patients treated with an excision method, and the incidence of invasive and non-invasive cervical during a pandemic and pre-pandemic period of 24 months. Materials and Methods: The study compared 404 patients who underwent cervical cone biopsy for cervical cancer. The study examined patients’ specimens based on histopathological characteristics and categorized cervical lesions based on pap smear. Results: There was a statistically significant age difference between the two study periods. The mean difference was 32 years before the pandemic and 35 years during the pandemic (p-value > 0.05). The biggest patient loss ratio identified by age group was in the 50–59-year group, with a 14.53% loss in the pre-pandemic period and a 9.1% loss in the pandemic period. In the pandemic period, patients from rural areas presented in the clinical trial with a lower rate of 39.52% (83 patients) vs. 60.47% (127 patients) in urban areas. A higher percentage of patients experiencing cervicorrhagia as a clinical manifestation in the pandemic period vs. the pre-pandemic period, with an increase in more severe lesions in the pandemic period, had a statistical significance of 8% more newly diagnosed compared to the pre-pandemic period. Conclusions: The addressability of the patients during the COVID period was not affected in a drastic way in our study. We encountered a decrease in appointments in the age group of 50–59 years and a decrease in patients with rural residence. In our study, we found an increase in cervical bleeding as a reason for consultation in the pandemic period with a higher lesion degree, both on a pap smear and on a cervical biopsy.

36Works
1Papers
2Collaborators
Uterine Cervical NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerNeoplasmsNeoplasm Recurrence, Local

Positions

2018–

Researcher

Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · Obstetrics and Gynecology

2012–

Resident/Intern

Spitalul Clinic Municipal de Urgenta Timisoara · Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education

2011

University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes"