FOX 29's Marcus Espinoza reports on the cancer diagnoses that may have been missed during the coronavirus pandemic due to not be able to screen. PHILADELPHIA - The number of visits to ambulatory practices has declined 60 percent since mid-March, according a study done researchers at Harvard University and Preesia, a healthcare technology company. “One estimate says that over these three months more than 80,000 cancers will be missed because of lack of colonoscopies, prostate screenings, and breast cancer screenings,” Director of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Dr.
Generosa Grana said. She says screenings save lives “Early detection is really one of the key elements and successful treatment of cancer.