LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

A national quality improvement study identifying and addressing cancer screening deficits due to the COVID‐19 pandemic

Photo from wikipedia

Cancer‐related deaths over the next decade are expected to increase due to cancer screening deficits associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Although national deficits have been quantified, a… Click to show full abstract

Cancer‐related deaths over the next decade are expected to increase due to cancer screening deficits associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Although national deficits have been quantified, a structured response to identifying and addressing local deficits has not been widely available. The objectives of this report are to share preliminary data on monthly screening deficits in breast, colorectal, lung, and cervical cancers across diverse settings and to provide online materials from a national quality improvement (QI) study to help other institutions to address local screening deficits.

Keywords: national quality; screening deficits; identifying addressing; covid pandemic; cancer screening; cancer

Journal Title: Cancer
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.