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Breast Cancer Diagnoses Plummeted during First Year of Pandemic

March 21, 2024

Several studies have described the distinct ways the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted cancer care, but less is known about the specific ways the pandemic disrupted breast cancer, the most common non-skin cancer diagnosed in women.

Research evaluating data from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) shows that breast cancer was not immune to pandemic-related stressors, with researchers finding that there was a 15-20% decrease in newly diagnosed breast cancer cases reported to CoC-accredited sites in 2020 compared to 2019.

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