ASCO, Author Interviews, Cancer Research, COVID -19 Coronavirus, NYU / 08.06.2022
Cancer Patients and Oncologists Faced Exceptional Challenges During Pandemic
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Katherine Garcia MD
NYU Langone Health
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Studies on cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown a decrease in new diagnoses, delays in care, and a shift to later stage disease presentations. Considering that NY has been an epicenter for COVID-19 in the U.S., we investigated its impact on new cancer diagnoses at the two campuses of NYU’s Perlmutter Cancer Center and hypothesized that there would be a decrease in presentations during the peak outbreaks in NY.
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