Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Patterns of Statewide Cancer Services.
| Autor: | Yabroff KR; Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA., Wu XC; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA., Negoita S; Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA., Stevens J; Information Management Services, Inc, Calverton, MD, USA., Coyle L; Information Management Services, Inc, Calverton, MD, USA., Zhao J; Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA., Mumphrey BJ; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans , LA, USA., Jemal A; Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA., Ward KC; Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the National Cancer Institute [J Natl Cancer Inst] 2022 Jun 13; Vol. 114 (6), pp. 907-909. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jnci/djab122 |
| Abstrakt: | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to delayed medical care in the United States. We examined changes in patterns of cancer diagnosis and surgical treatment between January 1 and December 31 in 2020 and 2019 with real-time electronic pathology report data from population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registries from Georgia and Louisiana. During 2020, there were 29 905 fewer pathology reports than in 2019, representing a 10.2% decline. Declines were observed in all age groups, including children and adolescents younger than 18 years. The nadir was early April 2020, with 42.8% fewer reports than in April 2019. Numbers of reports through December 2020 never consistently exceeded those in 2019 after first declines. Patterns were similar by age group and cancer site. Findings suggest substantial delays in diagnosis and treatment services for cancers during the pandemic. Ongoing evaluation can inform public health efforts to minimize any lasting adverse effects of the pandemic on cancer diagnosis, stage, treatment, and survival. (Published by Oxford University Press 2021. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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