Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related control measures on cancer diagnosis in Catalonia: a time-series analysis of primary care electronic health records covering about five million people

Objective Cancer care has been disrupted by the response of health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during lockdowns. The objective of our study is to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the incidence of cancer diagnoses in primary care.Design Time-series study of malignant neoplasms...

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Main Authors: Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Nuria Mora, Manuel Medina, Carolina Guiriguet, Mencia Benítez, Leonardo Méndez-Boo, Albert Mercadé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/5/e047567.full