The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities
Cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States and across the globe. Cancer screening is an effective preventive measure that can reduce cancer incidence and mortality. While cancer screening is integral to cancer control and prevention, due to the COVID-19 outbreak many screenings have eit...
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| author | Cancino, Ramon S Su, Zhaohui Mesa, Ruben Tomlinson, Gail E Wang, Jing |
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| description | Cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States and across the globe. Cancer screening is an effective preventive measure that can reduce cancer incidence and mortality. While cancer screening is integral to cancer control and prevention, due to the COVID-19 outbreak many screenings have either been canceled or postponed, leaving a vast number of patients without access to recommended health care services. This disruption to cancer screening services may have a significant impact on patients, health care practitioners, and health systems. In this paper, we aim to offer a comprehensive view of the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening. We present the challenges COVID-19 has exerted on patients, health care practitioners, and health systems as well as potential opportunities that could help address these challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13bf05215aa24fee888ad57f11f6ee9e2022-12-21T17:26:57ZengJMIR PublicationsJMIR Cancer2369-19992020-10-0162e2169710.2196/21697The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and OpportunitiesCancino, Ramon SSu, ZhaohuiMesa, RubenTomlinson, Gail EWang, JingCancer is a leading cause of death in the United States and across the globe. Cancer screening is an effective preventive measure that can reduce cancer incidence and mortality. While cancer screening is integral to cancer control and prevention, due to the COVID-19 outbreak many screenings have either been canceled or postponed, leaving a vast number of patients without access to recommended health care services. This disruption to cancer screening services may have a significant impact on patients, health care practitioners, and health systems. In this paper, we aim to offer a comprehensive view of the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening. We present the challenges COVID-19 has exerted on patients, health care practitioners, and health systems as well as potential opportunities that could help address these challenges.http://cancer.jmir.org/2020/2/e21697/ |
| spellingShingle | Cancino, Ramon S Su, Zhaohui Mesa, Ruben Tomlinson, Gail E Wang, Jing The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities JMIR Cancer |
| title | The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on cancer screening challenges and opportunities |
| url | http://cancer.jmir.org/2020/2/e21697/ |
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