Study reports drop in lung cancer screening, rise in malignancy during COVID-19 surge: Findings may provide a potential framework for keeping up cancer care through current surge of the pandemic – Science Daily

The current surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases poses challenges for providers and institutions in delivering care to infected patients while also placing demands on them to keep up with timely and sometimes critical care for patients with cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses who might experience advanced complications and/or earlier death if they have lapses in their care. Reporting on how deferred care worsened outcomes for lung cancer patients when the COVID-19 pandemic…

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