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. 2021 May 28;153:123–132. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.05.012

Table 2.

Additional number of deaths at 5 years as per cancer type.

a) Early-return scenario
Cancer type Patients during the simulation perioda Metastatic patients (%) Expected number of cancer-specific deaths at 5 years Additional number of cancer-specific deaths at 5 years Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2020b (%) Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2021b (%) Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2022b (%)
Sarcomas 536 138 235 19 20.8 1.4 1.3
Cervix 584 50 177 11 15.5 1.3 1.5
Liver 76 24 63 3 8.7 2.2 1.9
Endometrium 558 107 135 4 8.1 0.3 0.3
Acute leukaemia 355 NA 171 5 7.9 0.2 0.2
Head and neck 960 98 371 12 7.8 0.8 0.8
Breast 3922 401 728 21 6.7 0.9 0.8
Bladder 140 71 80 1 3.2 0.1 0.1
Colon 476 245 249 7 2.6 2.7 2.7
Lung 915 479 749 4 1.5 0.1 0.1
Melanoma 1188 195 643 1 0.5 0 0
Germinal seminoma 147 79 7 0 0 0 0
Lymphoma 419 NA 127 0 0 0 0
Myeloma 207 NA 130 0 0 0 0
Neuroendocrine tumours 128 NA 31 0 0 0 0
Gastroesophageal 168 80 126 0 0 0 0
Ovary 342 214 176 0 0 0 0
Pancreas 96 60 88 0 0 0 0
Prostate 893 197 143 0 0 0 0
Thyroid 760 126 133 0 0 0 0
Kidney 95 95 77 0 0 0 0
All 13,015 2659 4639 88 4.4 0.5 0.5
b) Late-return scenario
Cancer type Patients during the simulation perioda Metastatic patients (%) Expected number of cancer-specific deaths at 5 years Additional number of cancer-specific deaths at 5 years Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2020b (%) Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2021b (%) Additional cancer mortality rate in year 2022b (%)
Sarcomas 609 152 248 30 29.1 4.7 1.5
Cervix 620 62 194 15 20.7 2.0 1.3
Head and neck 970 94 375 23 14.8 2.0 0.8
Acute leukaemia 365 NA 176 9 13.4 0.8 0.2
Endometrium 573 111 140 6 12.2 1.0 0.2
Breast 4021 404 740 40 10.9 3.3 0.8
Liver 81 26 67 4 8.0 5.4 2.2
Bladder 150 79 87 2 5.7 0.8 0.1
Colon 485 246 251 7 2.6 2.8 2.6
Lung 931 503 766 7 2.1 0.3 0.1
Melanoma 1214 204 656 2 0.8 0.1 0
Germinal seminoma 141 80 7 0 0 0 0
Lymphoma 430 0 130 0 0 0 0
Myeloma 209 0 131 0 0 0 0
Neuroendocrine tumours 122 0 29 0 0 0 0
Gastroesophageal 176 81 132 0 0 0 0
Ovary 342 219 179 0 0 0 0
Pancreas 108 64 98 0 0 0 0
Prostate 901 199 144 0 0 0 0
Thyroid 780 130 138 0 0 0 0
Kidney 100 100 81 0 0 0 0
All 13,328 2754 4769 145 6.8 1.3 0.5

Categories are listed by decreasing order of additional cancer mortality rate in year 2020.

a

Simulation period = from March 2020 until return to normal (mid-May 2022 and June 2022 in Early-Return and Late-Return scenarios respectively).

b

The mortality rate was calculated considering the number of additional deaths occurring in patients who should have received care in the respective year over the theoretical number of deaths in the same population.