Dottori.it: World Cancer Day

In this year of pandemic, Covid is severely testing not only those who have been infected, but also patients who are suffering from other diseases, such as cancer. Besides the damage to our health, there is also the indirect harm, not caused by Coronavirus itself, due to delays in medical treatment and surgical operations. It is estimated that Covid has caused a delay of at least six months in screening in several European countries. A delay that if not recovered in the shortest possible time could very well increase the level of mortality of various cancers of around 10% over the next five years.