Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, part 2: Early assessment of the COVID‐19 pandemic's impact on cancer diagnosis

S Negoita, HS Chen, PV Sanchez, RL Sherman… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background With access to cancer care services limited because of coronavirus disease
2019 control measures, cancer diagnosis and treatment have been delayed. The authors …

Cancer patients first treated with chemotherapy: Are they more likely to receive surgery in the pandemic?

R Fu, R Sutradhar, A Dare, Q Li, TP Hanna… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the ramping down of cancer surgery in early pandemic, many newly diagnosed
patients received other treatments first. We aimed to quantify the pandemic-related shift in …

Early survival for patients newly diagnosed with cancer during COVID‐19 in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based cohort study

R Fu, R Sutradhar, Q Li, P Kamalraj, A Dare… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Little is known about the association between the COVID‐19 pandemic and
early survival among newly diagnosed cancer patients. Methods This retrospective …

Timeliness and modality of treatment for new cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

R Fu, R Sutradhar, Q Li, TP Hanna… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The impact of COVID-19 on the modality and timeliness of first-line cancer
treatment is unclear yet critical to the planning of subsequent care. Objective To explore the …

COVID-related disruptions to colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment could increase cancer Burden in Australia and Canada: A modelling study

J Worthington, Z Sun, R Fu, JB Lew, KKW Chan, Q Li… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 disrupted cancer control worldwide, impacting preventative screening,
diagnoses, and treatment services. This modelling study estimates the impact of disruptions …

Changes in New Patient Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Canadian Comprehensive Cancer Center

CC Barron, T Pittman, W Xu, M Madunic… - Journal of the National …, 2024 - jnccn.org
Background: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions on cancer services is
emerging. We evaluated the impact of the first 2 years of the pandemic on new patient …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic impact on the potential exacerbation of screening mammography disparities: A population-based study in Ontario, Canada

R Fu, J Tinmouth, Q Li, A Dare, J Hallet… - Preventive Medicine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Strategies to ramp up breast cancer screening after COVID-19 require data on the influence
of the pandemic on groups of women with historically low screening uptake. Using data from …

[HTML][HTML] Innovating for Value-Based Surgical Care in Canada: A Post-Pandemic Necessity

AM Flexman, J Ke, J Hallet - Healthcare Policy, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Providing high-quality, efficient and cost-effective surgical care to Canadians has become
increasingly challenging since the pandemic, resulting in long waitlists due to limited staff …

[HTML][HTML] Association between the COVID-19 pandemic and first cancer treatment modality: a population-based cohort study

R Fu, R Sutradhar, Q Li, TP Hanna… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Physicians were directed to prioritize using nonsurgical cancer treatment at the
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to quantify the impact of this policy on the …