We can share relevant data to respond to the pandemic, but also consider how this helps with wider healthcare to gain much needed insight!
by Nigel Hughes
Follow the Science, Follow the Data: the importance of using real-time data to respond to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer
Earlier in the year, a casual conversation with a colleague in Croatia uncovered a controversial viewpoint. He said that many of his patients and members of the public were more afraid of a COVID-19 diagnosis than a cancer diagnosis. I’d heard similar rumblings from colleagues in the UK, but there were no data to say whether this was true or not. So, we set about collecting data that would give us a precise insight into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services and cancer patients in the UK.
by Prof. Mark Lawler