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. 2023 Mar 7;13:1091329. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1091329

Table 1.

Decrease in cancer diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Patient No. Anatomic Site Pre-COVID Post-COVID Reason Country
Vanni et al. (35) 82 breast 90.7% 64.1% Biopsy refusal Italy
Hamilton et al. (37) 8168 all sites 4607 3561 unclear Multiple
Fonseca et al. (38) 3, 261, 659 all sites 2, 471, 199 790, 460 Complex but virus
Fear is a component
Brazil
Arduino et al. (39) 48 Oral cancer 40 8 travel restriction
possible fear
Italy
Blay et al. (40) 91, 106 all sites 46, 802 44, 938 possible fear France
Jacol et al. (41) 102, 009 all sites 54, 867 47, 142 possible fear Germany
Coma et al. (42) 273, 379 all sites 72.8/105 54.6/105 Complex
possible fear
Spain
Aparicio et al. (43) 3, 251 digestive 1, 866 1385 decreased
endoscopy
France
Morris et al. (44) 64, 099 digestive 36, 274 27, 825 decreased
endoscopy
England
Suarez et al. (45) 169 colorectal 111 58 complex
possible fear
Multiple
Ranganathan et al. (48) 164, 030 all sites 112, 270 51, 760 lock down
fear
India

No, number; COVID-2019, coronavirus disease 2019; NS, note specipied.