Flemish population-based cancer screening programs: impact of COVID-19 related shutdown on short-term key performance indicators

Abstract Background Many breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer screening programs were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to estimate the short-term impact of the temporary shutdown (from March until May- June) of the cancer screening programs invitations in Flanders (Belgium) by looking at invitation coverage, percentage of people screened after invitation and the screening interval. Methods Yearly invitation coverage was calculated as the number of people who received an invitation, as a proportion of the people who should have received an invitation that year. Weekly... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Svetlana Jidkova
Sarah Hoeck
Eliane Kellen
Saskia le Cessie
Mathijs C. Goossens
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: BMC Cancer, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMC
Schlagwörter: Cancer screening / Cervical / Breast / Colorectal / COVID-19 / Interruption of screening / Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens / RC254-282
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26699630
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09292-y