Health
Temporary virus shutdown led to breast cancer checks plunging – The New Daily
There were 145,000 fewer breast cancer screenings over the first six months of 2020 than in 2018 as COVID-19 shut down a national program.
Breast cancer detection for many Australian women may have been delayed or missed entirely as the first wave of coronavirus led to nearly 150,000 fewer checks than usual.
New data released on Thursday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows mammograms with BreastScreen plummeted from January to June as COVID-19 hit, with the service suspended in late March.
The temporary shutdown of the biennial program for women aged 50 to 74 meant breast cancer screenings fell from 70,000 in …
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