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. 2020 Oct;136(4):842-843.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004087.

Endometrial Cancer Detection During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Elizabeth J Suh-Burgmann  1 , Mubarika Alavi, Julie Schmittdiel
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Endometrial Cancer Detection During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Elizabeth J Suh-Burgmann et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

During the first 12 weeks of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, endometrial cancer diagnoses declined 35% and patient calls for abnormal bleeding declined 33% compared with 2019 levels.

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Fig. 1.. Weekly incidence rates* of endometrial cancer diagnosis from March 4, 2020 to May 26, 2020, vs 2019, relative to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in California. *Incidence rate calculated as diagnosis per 100,000 person-weeks based on the population of female health plan members aged 18 years or older at the time. †Dates in February are shifted 1 day in 2019 because of leap year.
Suh-Burgmann. Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Endometrial Cancer Detection. Obstet Gynecol 2020.
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