Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on cancer stage distribution and time to treatment initiation using cancer registry data of the Swiss cantons of Zurich and Zug from 2018 to 2021

Abstract Purpose Swiss healthcare institutions conducted only urgent procedures during the COVID-19 lockdown, potentially leading to a lack of care for other severe diseases, such as cancer. We examined the effects of the pandemic on cancer stage distribution and time between cancer diagnosis and tr...

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Main Authors: Flurina Suter, Miriam Wanner, Andreas Wicki, Dimitri Korol, Sabine Rohrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2025-02-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-025-06140-x
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