NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic reductions in cancer screening and follow-up services. During the early months of the pandemic, national organizations recommended postponing all routine cancer screening, resulting in dramatic reductions in adult primary care and specialty care visits; current rates remain far below pre-pandemic levels. Modeling suggests that these reductions will result in over 57,000 missed cancer diagnoses and 10,000 excess deaths over the next decade. However, these models are largely informed by data sources made up predominantly of insured patients and lacking race/ethnicity information. Thus, more information is needed to understand…
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