Prevent Cancer Foundation released survey results of more than 1,000 respondents that found about 35% of Americans have missed routine cancer screenings due to COVID-19 fears. Additionally, 43% of Americans have missed medical appointments.
According to Sharpless, screening and treatment for these two types of cancers account for about one-sixth of all cancer deaths. The number of excess deaths per year would peak in the next year or two, and that’s a conservative prediction as it doesn’t account for other cancers, the NCI director said in the June editorial.
The hospital setting has been made safer by restricting visitors, having administrative staff work from home, testing everyone in the hospital and giving every patient medical grade masks when they walk through the door. Dr. Jeffrey Drebin, chair of the department of surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, said pushing back scheduled screenings means also pushing back cancer treatments that could potentially save someone’s life.
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