The Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer over a 2-Year Period at a Canadian Academic Center.
Goulnar KasymjanovaAngelo RizzoloCarmela PepeJennifer E FriedmannDavid SmallJonathan D SpicerMagali Lecavalier-BarsoumKhalil SultanemHangjun WangAlan SpatzVictor CohenJason S AgulnikPublished in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2022)
The significant drop in new diagnoses of lung cancer during the first year of the pandemic was followed by an almost two-fold increase in the second year, with the increased rate of metastatic disease with multiple extra-thoracic site metastases. Limited access to surgery resulted in the more frequent use of radiosurgery.