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Almost 11,000 people could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer because of the pandemic, a charity has warned. Fewer referrals and treatment delays combined with the pause to screening programmes resulted in 10,700 fewer people being diagnosed with breast cancer between March and December 2020 than expected. Breast Cancer Now analysed a range of data to reach the figure, including the number of people starting their first treatment for breast cancer, the number of women screened each month and the length of time for which services were paused. Baroness Morgan, chief executive of the chari...

Reluctance to burden health service, a drop in GP referrals and suspensions of screening programmes is having a 'tragic cost'

COVID delays mean nearly 11,000 people may have undiagnosed and potentially fatal breast cancer, a charity is warning. Breast Cancer Now said 1.2 million fewer women were screened between March and December. Referrals to a specialist and numbers starting treatment also fell dramatically.

NEARLY 11,000 people in the UK could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a charity has warned. Breast Cancer Now calculated that fewer referrals and less access to treatment, coupled with a pause to breast screening programmes, meant 10,700 fewer people were diagnosed with breast cancer between March and December 2020 than it would have expected. The team analysed a range of data to reach the figure, including the number of people starting their first treatment for breast cancer, the number of women screened each month and the length of time for which ...

People on social media have been linking Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jane Timken to the actions of Stark County-based bearings manufacturer Timken Co., a publicly-traded company and not a private family-owned business. But Timken, who announced she was running for Senate on Feb. 18, has never worked for the Timken Co. or TimkenSteel, which was spun off from Timken Co. in 2014.  Fact check: Her only link is through marriage. Her husband, Ward J. "Tim" Timken, Jr. is the great-great grandson of the company's founder, Henry Timken. Tim Timken was the CEO of TimkenSteel and is currently a...