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

G. Lai, Alvina; Pasea, Laura; Banerjee, Amitava; Hall, Geoff; Denaxas, Spiros; Hoong Chang, Wai; Katsoulis, Michail; Williams, Bryan; Pillay, Deenan; Noursadeghi, Mahdad; C. Linch, David; Hughes, Derralynn; Förster, Martin; Turnbull, Clare; Fitzpatrick, Natalie; Boyd, Kathryn; R. Foster, Graham; Enver, Tariq; Nafilyan, Vahé; Humberstone, Ben; D Neal, Richard; Cooper, Matt; Jones, Monica; Pritchard‐Jones, Kathy; Sullivan, Richard; Davie, Charlie; Lawler, Mark; Hemingway, Harry

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043828

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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

Published in BMJ Open • Nov 1, 2020

Authors:

Alvina G. Lai

Laura Pasea

Amitava Banerjee

Abstract

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 t...

Subject

Medicine

Cancer

Pandemic

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