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Alarm over ‘serious’ delays in diagnosing childhood cancer in England
Study finds ‘substantial reduction’ in childhood and young adult cancer detection during Covid pandemic
Health experts have raised the alarm over “serious” delays in diagnosing children and young people with cancer, as a study reveals the number found to have the disease during the pandemic fell by almost a fifth.
The University of Oxford found a “substantial reduction in childhood, teenage and young adult cancer detection” in England last year. The research, being presented on Friday at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) festival, showed a 17% drop in cases diagnosed in the under-25s last year compared with previous years.
Read the original article at The Guardian