More than 2500 cancer diagnoses missed in Victoria during pandemic curbs
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More than 2500 cancer diagnoses were missed in Victoria during the state’s coronavirus restrictions last year, with a steep fall in the detection of prostate, skin and breast cancers, along with head and neck tumours.
Modelling by the Victorian Cancer Registry at the Cancer Council, published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, estimates there were 2530 cancers missed or delayed diagnoses between the beginning of April and the middle of October.
Concerns are mounting that the delays in cancer diagnoses could lead to avoidable deaths.
More than 2500 cancer diagnoses missed in Victoria during pandemic curbs
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