Cancer screenings fell early in pandemic, study finds
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Cancer screenings in the United States decreased substantially at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found. File Photo by CristinaMuraca/Shutterstock
April 29 (UPI) The number of people screened for three of the most common cancers in the United States declined sharply last spring during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis published Thursday by JAMA Oncology found.
Compared to the same period in 2019, screenings for breast cancer decreased by just over 90% between March 1 and May 31, while diagnostic evaluations for colon and rectal cancers dropped by nearly 80%, the data showed.
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University of Kansas Health System daily update
During Tuesday s daily update, the University of Kansas Health System reported they have seven patients receiving acute care, three patients in the intensive care unit, one patient on a ventilator and 15 others in recovery.
On the call, two doctors from the health system that focus on cancer, Dr. Terry Tsue, the University of Kansas Cancer Center s vice president of clinical services and physician-in-chief, and Dr. Ronny Rotondo, medical director at the Proton Therapy Center, discussed one of the negative long-tail consequences of the pandemic: people delaying receiving cancer screenings