Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Screening Program and Subsequent Lung Cancer

Low-dose CT (LDCT) screening reduces lung cancer mortality by at least 20%. The COVID-19 pandemic required an unprecedented shutdown in our institutional LDCT program. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on lung cancer screening and subsequent cancer diagnosis. We analyze...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American College of Surgeons Jg. 232; H. 4; S. 600
Hauptverfasser:	Van Haren, Robert M, Delman, Aaron M, Turner, Kevin M, Waits, Brandy, Hemingway, Mona, Shah, Shimul A, Starnes, Sandra L
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States 01.04.2021
Schlagworte:	Aged COVID-19 - epidemiology Delayed Diagnosis - statistics & numerical data Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology Male Middle Aged No-Show Patients - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed
ISSN:	1879-1190, 1879-1190
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