COVID-19 Delays Cancer Screenings

Cancer Discov. 2020 Aug;10(8):OF4. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-055. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Abstract

In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many institutions to pause routine cancer screenings-delays that may not be problematic for patients but can create challenges for healthcare providers.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Early Detection of Cancer*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening* / statistics & numerical data
  • Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology