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. 2021 Apr;214(6):281-283.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50968. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Decline in cancer pathology notifications during the 2020 COVID-19-related restrictions in Victoria

Luc Te Marvelde  1 , Rory Wolfe  2 , Grant McArthur  3 , Louis A Blake  1 , Sue M Evans  1   2
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Decline in cancer pathology notifications during the 2020 COVID-19-related restrictions in Victoria

Luc Te Marvelde et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cancer; Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Pathology services; Respiratory tract infections.

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LOESS = locally estimated scatterplot smoothing. The grey area marks the baseline period, the vertical dotted lines the analysis period for predicted notifications. A state of emergency was declared in Victoria on 16 March 2020. Stage 3 movement restrictions were applied from 30 March, eased on 13 May, and re‐applied from 8 July. The state of emergency was renewed on 2 August, together with application of stage 4 restrictions to metropolitan Melbourne until their easing from 19 October. For further details, see the footnote to figure 2 in the online Supporting Information.
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