Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on breast and cervical cancer screening in Denmark: A register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Denmark was one of the few countries where it was politically decided to continue cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the actual population uptake of mammography and cervical screening during this period.

Methods

The first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark was announced on 11 March 2020. To investigate possible changes in cancer screening activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we analysed data from the beginning of 2017 until the end of 2021. A time series analysis was carried out to discover possible trends and outliers in the screening activities in the period 2017-2021. Data on mammography screening and cervical screening were retrieved from governmental pandemic-specific monitoring of health care activities.

Results

A brief drop was se

SUBMITTER: Nonboe MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030107 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature