Estimated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services and excess 1-year mortality in people with cancer and multimorbidity: near real-time data on cancer care, cancer deaths and a population-based cohort study

Objectives To estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care services and overall (direct and indirect) excess deaths in people with cancer.Methods We employed near real-time weekly data on cancer care to determine the adverse effect of the pandemic on cancer services. We also used thes...

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Main Authors: Richard D Neal, Amitava Banerjee, Deenan Pillay, Vahe Nafilyan, Clare Turnbull, Harry Hemingway, Bryan Williams, Mark Lawler, Spiros Denaxas, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Richard Sullivan, Graham R Foster, Ben Humberstone, Alvina G Lai, Laura Pasea, Wai Hoong Chang, Michail Katsoulis, David Linch, Derralynn Hughes, Martin D Forster, Natalie K Fitzpatrick, Kathryn Boyd, Tariq Enver, Matt Cooper, Charlie Davie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e043828.full