Effects of cancer screening restart strategies after COVID-19 disruption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening programmes were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to estimate the effects of five restart strategies after the disruption on required screening capacity and cancer burden.

Methods

Microsimulation models simulated five restart strategies for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. The models estimated required screening capacity, cancer incidence, and cancer-specific mortality after a disruption of 6 months. The restart strategies varied in whether screens were caught up or not and, if so, immediately or delayed, and whether the upper age limit was increased.

Results

The disruption in screening programmes without catch-up of missed screens led to an increase of 2.0, 0.3,

SUBMITTER: Kregting LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7957464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature