Coronavirus may cause 3,500 deaths in England from four main cancers

The U.S. has almost 5 times as many people as Great Britain.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/20/coronavirus-may-cause-3500-deaths-in-england-from-four-main-cancers


Sarah Boseley Health editor
Mon 20 Jul 2020 17.30 EDT

About 3,500 people in England may die within the next five years of one of the four main cancers – breast, lung, oesophageal or bowel – as a result of delays in being diagnosed because of Covid-19, research shows.

Many of these will be young or middle-aged people, say the researchers in the Lancet Oncology journal.

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