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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will create a disease surge among cancer patients.

Michael Meyer, Ethan Bindelglas, Michael E Kupferman, Alexander Mm Eggermont

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Health-Seeking Behavior for Acute Health Problems during COVID-19 Lockdown among the Residents of an Urban Area in Puducherry.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michael MeyerMeyer Consulting, 5665 N Scottsdale Road, Suite 110 Scottsdale, AZ 85250, USA.
Ethan BindelglasMeyer Consulting, 5665 N Scottsdale Road, Suite 110 Scottsdale, AZ 85250, USA.
Michael E KupfermanThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Alexander Mm EggermontPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With major parts of the United States in lockdown, parts of Europe and the UK possibly going back on lockdown or expecting a second COVID-19 wave and rapidly rising rates elsewhere other than Asia, many people are forgoing regular cancer screenings and prevention services. More worrisome, some may be experiencing early signs or symptoms, yet they are not seeking evaluation, treatment or surveillance examinations. The long-term impact of this on patients, families and health care providers will be substantial. Not only will this strain sophisticated health systems in developed countries, but it will also overwhelm the health care infrastructure in developing countries. Health-care executives, cancer center directors, oncologists and policy experts should focus now on serving this potential "third wave" of sick patients who have delayed treatment. Stopping COVID-19 is critical. However, it's also essential to plan for the coming wave of patients who have delayed seeking care or don't have access.

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cancerCOVID-19delayed diagnosispatientpolicysurge

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PMID33082857
PMCPMC7532024

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