Feb. 22, 2021
Experts say more than a third of adults have not received recommended cancer screenings during the pandemic – in part due to fear of contracting COVID-19. That worries advocates, who now are urging Americans to get these potentially life-saving procedures. (Photo by Specialist 2nd Class Joseph Moon/U.S. Navy)
PHOENIX – Cancer screenings in the U.S. have plunged since the start of the pandemic almost a year ago, prompting health advocates to increase calls for the public to stop postponing these potentially life-saving procedures.
More than one-third of adults have failed to receive recommended cancer screenings during the pandemic, according to “Cancer Won’t Wait and Neither Should You,” a bulletin published by the American Cancer Society and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
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®), American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) presented new ideas for overcoming inequality in oncology. The recommendations developed by a group of 17 national experts, representing patients and advocates, caregivers, healthcare providers, researchers, and industry directly address how medical systems in the United States often disproportionately fail minority patients, particularly those who are Black and/or Indigenous, and draws on extensive polling data from a recent poll fielded by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of the organizations to make clear the case for urgent action.