Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ziad Bakouny, Marco Paciotti, Andrew Schmidt, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Toni K. Choueiri, Quoc‐Dien Trinh
Abstract
This cohort study describes the number of patients undergoing cancer screening tests and of ensuing cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 1 health care system in the northeastern United States.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePandemicMedical diagnosisCancerCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Cancer screening2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCohort studySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)CohortFamily medicineInternal medicineDiseaseVirologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening