Advanced cancers returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Many were forced to postpone cancer screenings for several months in 2020 as Covid-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals, but that delay in screening isn't making a huge impact on cancer statistics.

Apr 22, 2025 - 17:43
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Advanced cancers returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms, and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as Covid-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.

But that delay in screening isn’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics, at least none that can be seen yet by experts who track the data.

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