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Cancer tests and operations dropped up to 50 per cent during April lockdown, data shows – ABC News
Geoff Voller is one of tens of thousands of Australians who had the diagnosis or treatment of their cancer delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic and experts warn the effects in the coming months could be significant.
For 60-year-old Geoff Voller, 2020 has been a particularly difficult year.
Key points:
- Data from Cancer Australia shows between March and April this year there was a 55 per cent drop in colonoscopies
- In the same time period there was a 37 per cent drop in imaging procedures for the detection of breast cancer
- And non-surgical treatments for skin cancers dropped 30 per cent
In between long stretches of rest and trying to eat regular meals for which he has no a…
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