A new study predicts a surge in cancer cases due to pandemic-induced screening delays.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

The study quantified missed opportunities to diagnose lung, breast, and colorectal cancers by comparing cancer rates in 2020 with pre-pandemic cancer rates (2010-2019).

Conclusion: The drop in cancer diagnoses was the result of delayed preventive screenings and could foreshadow a rise in cancer over the next few years.

• Breast cancer: 14.6% decrease
• Lung cancer: 18.1% decrease
• Breast cancer: 14.6% decrease

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

ProCure Proton Therapy Center urge individuals to catch up on their preventive screenings if they fit these categories:

• Women age 40+ who have fallen behind on annual mammograms
• Smokers who have not had a CT Lung scan
• Anyone 45+ who has not had a colonoscopy

DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER?

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