Impact of COVID-19 on breast cancer patients and services in a UK region: Protocol for a mixed methods study
This study aims to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer patient outcomes in a UK region and make recommendations to improve patient care and outcomes in the short and long term.
Authors
- Lynne Lohfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-7305)
- Charlene M. McShane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8609-0788)
- Damien Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-7078)
- P. Darragh
- Meenakshi Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3078-7978)
- Sinéad Teresa Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-2917)
- Siobhan O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-2118)
- Gareth Irwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2499-5896)
- Jamie Roebuck
- Helen Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5627-5527)
- Ellen Moss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-8984)
- Anna Gavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5858-928X)
- Shreya Sengupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2411-8663)
- Ann McBrien
- Nicole Lowans
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
- The Northern Ireland Cancer Centre (GB)
- Patient Advocate Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333288
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00