{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Shiels MS"],"funding":["National Cancer Institute (NCI)","Intramural NIH HHS","National Cancer Institute"],"pagination":["1023-1027"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11293979"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>It is important to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer death rates in 2020 in the US. We estimated whether there were larger-than-expected changes in cancer mortality rates from March to December 2020 after accounting for temporal and seasonal patterns using data from January 2011 to February 2020 by cancer type and age.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained death counts and underlying causes of death by cancer type, month/year (2011-2020), and age group from the National Center for Health Statistics and population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Poisson regression was used to test for significant changes in cancer death rates from March to December 2020 compared with prior years.<h4>Results</h4>After accounting for temporal trends and seasonal patterns, t"],"journal":["Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology"],"pubmed_title":["Age-Specific Cancer Mortality in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020."],"pmcid":["PMC11293979"],"funding_grant_id":["Z99 CA999999"],"pubmed_authors":["Berrington de Gonzalez A","Albert PS","Shiels MS","Haque AT","Freedman ND","Kim HR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Age-Specific Cancer Mortality in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>It is important to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer death rates in 2020 in the US. We estimated whether there were larger-than-expected changes in cancer mortality rates from March to December 2020 after accounting for temporal and seasonal patterns using data from January 2011 to February 2020 by cancer type and age.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained death counts and underlying causes of death by cancer type, month/year (2011-2020), and age group from the National Center for Health Statistics and population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Poisson regression was used to test for significant changes in cancer death rates from March to December 2020 compared with prior years.<h4>Results</h4>After accounting for temporal trends and seasonal patterns, t","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-21T23:52:10.996Z","creation":"2025-04-05T19:19:40.43Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11293979","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38847607"],"doi":["10.1158/1055-9965.epi-24-0121","10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0121"]}}