Cancer epidemic to hit Europe: 1 million cases missed during Covid-19

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It revealed that an estimated one million cancer cases were missed across Europe in the last two years.

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The report puts focus back on cancer research and on the European government to deliver more affordable, higher quality, and more equitable cancer care.

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The team of researchers analysed data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across Europe and found that clinicians saw 1.5 million fewer patients with cancer in the first year of the pandemic, with one in two patients with cancer not receiving surgery or chemotherapy in a timely manner.

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"We are now in a race against time to find these missing cancers. Additionally, we saw a chilling effect on cancer research with laboratories shut down and clinical trials delayed or canceled in the first pandemic wave.

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We are concerned that Europe is heading towards a cancer epidemic in the next decade if cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently prioritised," Professor Mark Lawler, lead author of the paper said.

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