An extra 10,000 Britons are likely to die of cancer because of Covid pandemic

September 21, 2021

An extra 10,000 people are likely to die of cancer because of the Covid pandemic, a study has suggested. University College London researchers said a drop in emergency referrals from GPs last year across the UK resulted in around 40,000 late diagnoses of the disease. These delays and longer waits for NHS treatment — fuelled by the pandemic — mean thousands will die ‘significantly earlier’ from the disease than would have been the case pre-pandemic.

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2021-09-21 10:57:38

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