Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer screening in New York City | Zendy

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer screening in New York City

Author(s) -

Briton Lee,

Sigrid Young,

Reneé Williams,

Peter S. Liang

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of medical screening

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1475-5793

pISSN - 0969-1413

DOI - 10.1177/09691413221128666

Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , pandemic , colorectal cancer , colorectal cancer screening , cancer screening , public health , covid-19 , health care , cancer , emergency medicine , family medicine , disease , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the delivery of cancer screening. The resulting decrease in outpatient visits and cancellations of non-urgent procedures have negatively affected colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We aimed to determine the effect of the pandemic on CRC screening at a safety-net hospital and a private health system based in New York City.

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