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Cancer Center Netherlands: 5000 fewer diagnoses this spring due to corona

Of the approximately 5,000 missing diagnoses from March-July 2020, 1,900 are breast cancer, 1,300 colon cancer, 800 cases delayed diagnoses of prostate cancer. 700 diagnoses of lung cancer and 400 other cancers including melanomas, sarcomas, acute leukemia and acute lymph node cancer.

Compared to the size of the population, the number of delayed cancer diagnoses is greatest at 1300 in the East region (Gelderland, Overijssel, Flevoland), followed by the regions South (Limburg, North Brabant, 1100 diagnoses), North (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, 500 diagnoses) and West (North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, 2,200 diagnoses).

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