Missing melanomas in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: 2,485 fewer melanoma diagnoses in 2020 than in 2019
| Autor: | Lena S Ibrahim, Zoe C Venables, Sean McPhail, Nick J Levell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | British Journal of Dermatology. |
| ISSN: | 1365-2133 0007-0963 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bjd/ljad117 |
| Popis: | Malignant Melanoma (MM) can have a high mortality if diagnosed late. Three waves of coronavirus (COVID)-19 infection in 2020-21 led to periods of reduced healthcare provision in England. Although most cancer services were maintained, factors such as patient anxiety, staff and facility redeployment, and staff sickness delayed cancer diagnoses. We aimed to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on MM diagnoses and stage at presentation in England |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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