Trends in oncological imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic through the vaccination era.
Debby ChengSoham GhoshalOttavia ZattraMoses FlashMin LangRaymond LiuMichael H LevJoshua A HirschSanjay SainiMichael S GeeMarc D SucciPublished in: Cancer medicine (2023)
The pandemic continues to impact cancer care. We observed significant declines in cancer screening CTs through the end of 2021. Concurrently, we observed a 2× increase in initial cancer workup CTs and a 2.4× increase in cancer follow-up CTs in the ED during the vaccination period, suggesting a boom of new cancers and more cancer examinations associated with emergency level acute care.