Changes in the Number of US Patients With Newly Identified Cancer Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Harvey W Kaufman; Zhen Chen; Justin Niles; Yuri Fesko

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17267

Changes in the Number of US Patients With Newly Identified Cancer Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2017267. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17267.

Authors

Harvey W Kaufman¹, Zhen Chen¹, Justin Niles¹, Yuri Fesko¹

Affiliation

¹ Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, New Jersey.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines changes in the number of patients with newly identified cancer before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delayed Diagnosis / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control / organization & administration*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms* / classification
Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology