Cancer treatment and diagnosis backlogs during COVID-19 may affect cancer survival

April 4, 2022

Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, the cancer pandemic has raged on for centuries, though it similarly afflicts people in all corners of the world. In 2020 alone, over 19 million people were diagnosed with cancer globally, and almost 10 million people die from cancer every year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with over 481 million confirmed cases and 6.1 million deaths.

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British Columbians are consuming less alcohol than they have since the turn of the millennium. Mar 10, 2025 – the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute

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