Epidemiol Health 2022 Jun 21:e2022053. Epub 2022 Jun 21.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the utilization of healthcare services, such as participation in cancer screening programs. We compared cancer screening participation rates for colorectal, gastric, breast, and cervical cancers among participants in the National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) in 2019 and 2020 to address the potential distraction effect of COVID-19 on cancer screening.
Methods: Data from the NCSP for four cancer types (stomach, colorectal, breast and cervical) in 2019 and 2020 were used to calculate cancer screening participation rates by calendar month, gender, age group, and geographical region. Read More