Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer referrals and diagnoses in 2020 and 2021: a population-based study in England

Toral Gathani^{1

2}, Gillian Reeves¹, David Dodwell^{2

3}, Kieran Horgan⁴, Olive Kearins⁵, Sau Wan Kan¹, Sian Sweetland¹

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford, UK.
² Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
³ Clinical Trials Service Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Breast Surgery, St James' Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Breast Cancer Screening Programme, Screening Division, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK.

Toral Gathani et al. Br J Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 1;109(2):e29-e30.

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab426.

Toral Gathani^{1

2}, Gillian Reeves¹, David Dodwell^{2

3}, Kieran Horgan⁴, Olive Kearins⁵, Sau Wan Kan¹, Sian Sweetland¹

¹ Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford, UK.
² Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
³ Clinical Trials Service Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Breast Surgery, St James' Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Breast Cancer Screening Programme, Screening Division, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK.

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