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How virus affected breast screening Europe-wide
Thursday October 1st 2020
The pressure on breast screening programmes across many European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to an increase in deaths from cancer, a conference will hear today.
A new study, which is to be presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference, says the risk could be reduced if all women who would have been screened during the pandemic do not miss out, even if they are now older than the upper age limit for screening.
Lindy Kregting, a PhD student at Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and colleagues used MISCAN-Breast to simulate four different strategies for re-starting breast screening following six months of disruption.
Care homes to test anti-inflammatory virus treatment
Thursday October 1st 2020
An anti-tumour necrosis factor drug is to be tested as a community treatment for COVID-19 infection, it has been announced. More