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Cancer patients could end up waiting two years to benefit from new research discoveries, it has been warned.
The Institute of Cancer Research, London said tightened restrictions in response to new coronavirus variants have limited laboratory research time, and slowed the race to find new cancer treatments.
It said at the start of the latest lockdown that the number of researchers able to access labs had fallen by almost 30% on top of restrictions that already existed before Christmas.
Scientists estimated advances in research for cancer patients would be put back by an average of 17 months following the first lockdown, but the ICR now fears the delay could be as much as two years.
Cancer patients could end up waiting two years to benefit from new research discoveries, it has been warned.
The Institute of Cancer Research, London said tightened restrictions in response to new coronavirus variants have limited laboratory research time, and slowed the race to find new cancer treatments.
It said at the start of the latest lockdown that the number of researchers able to access labs had fallen by almost 30% on top of restrictions that already existed before Christmas.
Scientists estimated advances in research for cancer patients would be put back by an average of 17 months following the first lockdown, but the ICR now fears the delay could be as much as two years.
Covid pressures could delay lifesaving new cancer treatments by up to two years
The Institute of Cancer Research, London warned strict Covid restrictions in response to new variants have limited laboratory research time
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Cancer patients could end up waiting two years to benefit from new research discoveries because of coronavirus, it has been claimed.
Cancer patients could end up waiting two years to benefit from new research discoveries, it has been warned.
The Institute of Cancer Research, London said tightened restrictions in response to new coronavirus variants have limited laboratory research time, and slowed the race to find new cancer treatments.
It said at the start of the latest lockdown that the number of researchers able to access labs had fallen by almost 30% on top of restrictions that already existed before Christmas.
Scientists estimated advances in research for cancer patients would be put back by an average of 17 months following the first lockdown, but the ICR now fears the delay could be as much as two years.