Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a population-based breast cancer screening program

Cancer. 2020 Dec 15;126(24):5202-5205. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33180. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Sze-Min Peng¹, Kuen-Cheh Yang^{2

3}, Wing P Chan^{4

5}, Ying-Wei Wang^{6

7}, Li-Ju Lin⁶, Amy Ming-Fang Yen⁸, Robert A Smith⁹, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen¹

¹ Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Community and Geriatric Medicine Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁸ School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁹ Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Keywords: COVID-19; breast cancer; mammography; referral; screening.

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