Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The response to SARS-CoV-2 lead to interventions to mitigate the pandemic. We retrospectively analysed the effect of changes on key NET services. These included: change in clinic media, absolute change in numbers for endoscopy and bronchoscopy, nuclear imaging, SSA administration and PRRT numbers compared with 2019.Method: The NET database was analysed. Endoscopy rates on a monthly basis were reviewed. Two bespoke postal patient surveys wer...

Introduction: NETs are regarded as rare endocrine malignancies, which often present late. The COVID-19 pandemic may have affected this and patient care. The impact will have been felt in health service delivery and patient experiences. To understand NET patient perspectives and optimise care, we conducted a survey to review patient perception of: telemedicine-based care, delays to imaging, treatment, and the impact of COVID-19.Method: 70 NET patients tre...