Journal article
Incidence of childhood cancer in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on access to health care resources. Our objective was to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of childhood cancer in Canada. We also aimed to compare the proportion of patients who enrolled in clinical trials at diagnosis, presented with metastatic disease or had an early death during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years.
Authors
Pelland-Marcotte M-C; Xie L; Barber R; Elkhalifa S; Frechette M; Kaur J; Onysko J; Bouffet E; Fernandez CV; Mitchell D
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 193, No. 47, pp. e1798–e1806
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
November 29, 2021
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.210659
ISSN
0820-3946