Fewer cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 epidemic in the Netherlands

Avinash G Dinmohamed; Otto Visser; Rob H A Verhoeven; Marieke W J Louwman; Francien H van Nederveen; Stefan M Willems; Matthias A W Merkx; Valery E P P Lemmens; Iris D Nagtegaal; Sabine Siesling

doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30265-5

Fewer cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 epidemic in the Netherlands

Lancet Oncol. 2020 Jun;21(6):750-751. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30265-5. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands; Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Department of Hematology, Cancer Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Department of Registration, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands.
³ Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands.
⁵ Laboratory for Pathology, Dordrecht, Netherlands; PALGA Foundation, Houten, Netherlands.
⁶ PALGA Foundation, Houten, Netherlands; Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
⁷ Board of Directors, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands; Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Pathology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; PALGA Foundation, Houten, Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht 3511 DT, Netherlands; Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. Electronic address: s.siesling@iknl.nl.

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Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Delivery of Health Care
Early Detection of Cancer
General Practitioners / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medical Oncology / organization & administration
Medical Oncology / statistics & numerical data*
Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Neoplasms / psychology
Netherlands / epidemiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2