The impact of the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer diagnoses: a population-based study in England.

Gathani T., Dodwell D., Horgan K.

Cancer services were seriously disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using publicly available data for England, we show that breast cancer diagnoses decreased substantially in the first year of the pandemic, but have recovered to at least pre-pandemic levels. Long term follow-up is needed to assess the impact on outcomes.

DOI

10.1038/s41416-022-02054-4

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Cancer

Publication Date

12/11/2022

Pages

1 - 3

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