The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis in England, UK: a national, population-based, modelling study

Since a national lockdown was introduced across the UK in March, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer screening has been suspended, routine diagnostic work deferred, and only urgent symptomatic cases prioritised for diagnostic intervention. In this study, we estimated the impact of del...

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Published in:	The lancet oncology Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 1023 - 1034
Main Authors:	Maringe, Camille, Spicer, James, Morris, Melanie, Purushotham, Arnie, Nolte, Ellen, Sullivan, Richard, Rachet, Bernard, Aggarwal, Ajay
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2020 Elsevier Limited The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Betacoronavirus Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - mortality Cancer screening Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronaviruses COVID-19 Diagnosis England - epidemiology Esophageal cancer Esophageal Neoplasms - mortality Esophagus Female Health services Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Medicine Hospitals Humans Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - mortality Male Medical diagnosis Medical prognosis Medical referrals Medical screening Middle Aged Models, Statistical Mortality Pandemics Patients Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Population Population studies Population-based studies Registration SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Studies Survival Survival Analysis Tumors Young Adult England United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1470-2045, 1474-5488, 1474-5488
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