Recovering cancer screening in the pandemic: strategies and their impacts

Authors: Morrison, David S.

Source: British Journal of Cancer

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The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted cancer screening programmes. Kregting and colleagues’ microsimulation models indicate that attempting to quickly catch up with missed screens while simultaneously restarting the ongoing programme would achieve better outcomes but require substantial increases in normal screening capacity that may not be feasible.

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Morrison, D. 2021, 'Recovering cancer screening in the pandemic: strategies and their impacts', British Journal of Cancer, 124, pp. 1465-1466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01264-6

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01264-6

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