Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population-based cancer registry.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to national health systems and impacted health outcomes worldwide. However, the extent to which surveillance systems, such as population-based cancer registration, have been affected was not reported. Here we sought to evaluate the effect of the pandemic on registry operations across different areas and development levels worldwide. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on three main areas of cancer registry operations: staffing, financing and data collection. An online survey was administered to 750 member registries of the International Association for Cancer Registries. Among 212 responding registries from 90 countries, 65.6% reported a disruption in operations, ranging between 45% in south-eastern Asia and 87% in the Latin America and Carib

SUBMITTER: Soerjomataram I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652711 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature