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Australian cancer tests, operations dropped up to 50 pct amid pandemic – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
CANBERRA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — Australia’s peak cancer body Cancer Australia reported a significant drop in tests and treatments for the diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
It said that diagnose on three of the most common cancers in Australia fell substantially between March and April when the COVID-19 infections in Australia hit their first peak.
Non-surgical treatments for skin cancers fell by 30 percent.
Dorothy Keefe, the chief executive of Cancer Australia, said it was concerning that …
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