Cancer Screening Practices Among Healthcare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22069818 |
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| Authors | Geetanjali D Datta (0000-0001-5364-0464, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, corresponding author), Marie Lauzon (0000-0002-6900-139X, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, Sarah‐jeanne Salvy (0000-0002-8202-182X, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Shehnaz K Hussain (0000-0002-2015-0546, University of California, Davis), Sara Ghandehari (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Akil Merchant (0000-0001-7472-822X, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Noah M Merin, Noah Merin (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Karen Reckamp, Karen L Reckamp (0000-0002-9213-0325, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Jane C Figueiredo (0000-0002-2452-3194, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 801805-801805 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.801805 |
| PMID | 35372243 |
| OpenAlex | W4220987814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact long-standing efforts to increase adherence to cancer screening guidelines. Healthcare workers (HCWs) experienced significant hardship, but generally have greater access to preventive services, making them a particularly relevant population in which to understand cancer screening behaviors during the pandemic. We report data from 794 HCWs enrolled in the NCI-funded Serological Sciences Network for Coronavirus Associations and Longitudinal Evaluation Study from December 2020 to April 2021. Participants reported lifestyle and screening behaviors during relevant look-back periods which included the pandemic timeframe. Among women between the ages of 40 and 74, 25.7% were overdue for mammographic breast cancer screening. Among participants 50–75 years old, 38.9% were overdue for colorectal cancer screening. The proportion over-due varied according to race/ethnicity. Lifetime low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening among HCWs age 50–80 years who were smokers was 10.9%. Strategies to address screening disruptions are needed to minimize the impact of later stage of diagnosis
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Cancer · Disease · Health care · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathology · Political science · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Virology
| Highly cited | No |
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