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Sharp US declines in cancer screening during pandemic

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Nearly 16 months after the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, new studies are showing just how far reaching the repercussions of the pandemic have been on the US population.A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in Preventive Medicine shows sharp declines in both routine breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings, with screening for breast cancer declining 87% and cervical cancer screening declining 84% during April 2020 as compared with the previous 5-year averages for that month.Black, American Indian, and Hispanic women were disproportionately affected by the declines in screening: Declines in breast cancer screening soared to 98% among American Indian/Alaskan Native women, and declines

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