Incidence of childhood cancer in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on access to health care resources. Our objective was to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of childhood cancer in Canada. We also aimed to compare the proportion of patients who enrolled in clinical trials at diagnosis, presented with metastatic disease or had an early death during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years.

Methods

We conducted an observational study that included children younger than 15 years with a new diagnosis of cancer between March 2016 and November 2020 at 1 of 17 Canadian pediatric oncology centres. Our primary outcome was the monthly age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) of cancers. We evaluated level and trend changes using interve

SUBMITTER: Pelland-Marcotte MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654886 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature