Changes in Breast Cancer Presentation during COVID-19: Experience in an Urban Academic Center

Table 1

Patient population before COVID-19 (2019) and after COVID-19 (2020).

Variable	2019 population ()	2020 population ()	value
Method of detection
Self-exam	19.80%	26.0%	0.0688
Mammography	67.0%	60.0%
Palpability	31.50%	39.20%	0.0533
Neoadjuvant therapy	8.30%	10.20%	0.4384
Radiation therapy	65.0%	54%	<0.0001
Age at presentation	60.04	60.68	0.6171
Type of surgery
Breast conserving surgery	69%	66%	<0.8508
Mastectomy	31%	34%
Histology
IDC	60.70%	66.7%	0.5822
DCIS	20.9%	16.7%
ILC	10.6%	8.10%