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Europe faces ‘cancer epidemic’ after estimated 1m cases missed during Covid

By Andrew Gregory

15 Nov 2022 · 2 min read

The Guardian reports over one million cancer diagnoses were missed during the pandemic —and this will have dire consequences when it comes to treatment and research.

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Experts have warned that Europe faces a “cancer epidemic” unless urgent action is taken to boost treatment and research, after an estimated 1m diagnoses were missed during the pandemic.

The impact of Covid-19 and the focus on it has exposed “weaknesses” in cancer health systems and in the cancer research landscape across the continent, which, if not addressed as a matter of urgency, will set back cancer outcomes by almost a decade, leading healthcare and scientific experts say.

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