New Cancer Diagnoses Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Disruptions to health care during the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to missed cancer diagnoses. It is critical to evaluate the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and cancer incidence to address public and patient anxiety, inform recovery efforts, and identify strategies to reduce the system's vulnerability to future disruptions.

Objective

To examine the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and cancer incidence in Manitoba, Canada.

Design, setting, and participants

A population-based cross-sectional study design was conducted using data from the Manitoba Cancer Registry and an interrupted time-series analysis. All individuals diagnosed with cancer in Manitoba, Canada, from January 1, 2015, until December 31, 2021, were included. Individuals diag

SUBMITTER: Decker KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481240 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature