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Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests
Pandemic-related healthcare disruptions likely contributed to lower one-year survival rates for U.S. cancer patients diagnosed in 2020-2021, a federally funded study found.
- The Associated Press reported a new study examining pandemic-era cancer outcomes, raising concerns about early COVID-19 health-care disruptions.
- During the early pandemic years, experts warned that disruptions to diagnosis and treatment could cost lives, providing context for later research into pandemic effects on cancer care.
- A radiologist in Los Angeles highlights screening concerns during the pandemic, while research shifts are illustrated by attention to pancreatic cancer developments.
- The study suggests experts' early-pandemic warnings about disruptions were borne out, and researchers link the findings to ongoing shifts in pancreatic cancer research.
- AP coverage brings the study's findings to a wider public audience, highlighting pandemic-era care issues as screening images and research leaders describe seismic shifts in cancer research priorities, Damian Dovarganes reported.
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