Thursday, December 17, 2020

Study reports drop in lung cancer screening, rise in malignancy during COVID-19 surge


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/acos-srd121620.php

 

News Release 17-Dec-2020
American College of Surgeons

 

The current surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases poses challenges for providers and institutions in delivering care to infected patients while also placing demands on them to keep up with timely and sometimes critical care for patients with cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses who might experience advanced complications and/or earlier death if they have lapses in their care. Reporting on how deferred care worsened outcomes for lung cancer patients when the COVID-19 pandemic first surged in the spring of 2020, researchers from the University of Cincinnati explained that they have identified a framework that could help people with serious health conditions keep up their appointments during the current surge.


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