Queen Mary University of London The study looked at vaccination, chemoprevention, and surgical cancer prevention programmes, and at screening services for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers. It also examined how lifestyle changes (smoking, alcohol, and weight) due to the pandemic will affect future cancer rates, as large numbers of additional cancers or additional late-stage cancers have been predicted for the future as a result of the disruption. Researchers conclude that how many additional predicted cancer deaths can still be avoided will depend on service recovery, but they note that colorectal screening programmes in several countries were swift to return to pre-pandemic activity, and that the UK NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme is now screening 150,000 more women and detecting in excess of 3000 more cancers per year than in the pre-pandemic period.

https://www.miragenews.com/assessing-effects-of-covid-pandemic-on-cancer-1074029/

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