The impact of the temporary suspension of national cancer screening programmes due to the COVID-19 epidemic on the diagnosis of breast and colorectal cancer in the Netherlands
Abstract Oncological care was largely derailed due to the reprioritisation of health care services to handle the initial surge of COVID-19 patients adequately. Cancer screening programmes were no exception in this reprioritisation. They were temporarily halted in the Netherlands (1) to alleviate the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Hematology & Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13045-020-00984-1 |