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Timothy P Hanna, Associate Professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Ontario

UNCOVERED: Cancer treatment and diagnosis backlogs during covid 19 may affect cancer survival - Caught on Camera

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients includes delayed diagnosis, deferred tests and treatment delay. (Shutterstock)

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.

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