The impact of the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer diagnoses: a population-based study in England

Cancer services were seriously disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using publicly available data for England, we show that breast cancer diagnoses decreased substantially in the first year of the pandemic, but have recovered to at least pre-pandemic levels. Long term follow-up is needed to asses...

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Hlavní autoři: Gathani, T, Dodwell, D, Horgan, K
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Springer Nature 2022
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Shrnutí:Cancer services were seriously disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using publicly available data for England, we show that breast cancer diagnoses decreased substantially in the first year of the pandemic, but have recovered to at least pre-pandemic levels. Long term follow-up is needed to assess the impact on outcomes.