Colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic : impact of paused screening and evaluation of strategies to reduce delays / by Jean H. Yong and Rochelle E. Garner.: CS45-28/1-2021-24E-PDF
"Colorectal cancer screening, along with other health care services, was suspended in Canada in the initial phase of the COVID‑19 pandemic response. This pause was deemed necessary to allow health care facilities to establish appropriate infection‑control measures to prevent COVID‑19 outbreaks and to reserve health system capacity for COVID‑19 patients. Access to colonoscopies was also reduced in many settings due to concerns of COVID‑19 infection with aerosolized procedures. Organized colorectal cancer screening programs have mostly resumed, as has some opportunistic screening through individuals’ health care providers"--Page [1].
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| Title | Colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic : impact of paused screening and evaluation of strategies to reduce delays / by Jean H. Yong and Rochelle E. Garner. |
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| Publication type | Monograph - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Digital text |
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| Description | 1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages) : graphs. |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 45-2800001 |
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