Study Reveals Over 134,000 Cancer Cases Went Undiagnosed During Pandemic

Published on February 23, 2024

More than 134,000 cancer cases in the United States went undiagnosed as people stayed home due to a nationwide lockdown during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The cross-sectional analysis, published in JAMA Oncology on Feb. 22, found that observed rates of cancer incidence in the United States were 13 percent lower during the first 10 months of the pandemic. “To our knowledge, this is the first study to offer a nationwide analysis using U.S. cancer registry data on the cancer case deficit experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,” the researchers wrote. The study assessed cancer rate trends for March through December 2020 using cancer incidence data from the U.S. Cancer Statistics Public Use Database, which covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia....

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