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Pandemic stalls cancer care for children – PerthNow
Research conducted in 79 countries has revealed the coronavirus pandemic has caused “considerable disruption to cancer diagnosis” for children.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected cancer care for children at more than three-quarters of hospitals worldwide, according to research published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.
The doctors and academics who carried out the study said they found “considerable disruption to cancer diagnosis” for children, with 43 per cent of hospitals “diagnosing fewer new cases than expected” since the pandemic started.
The research was based on a survey of 311 health-care professionals at 213…
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