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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| Ministère/Organisme | Statistics Canada, issuing body. |
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| Titre | 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. |
| Variante du titre | Impact of paused screening and evaluation of strategies to reduce delays |
| Titre de la série | StatCan COVID-19 : data to insights for a better Canada |
| Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
| Langue | [Anglais] |
| Autres langues publiées | [Français] |
| Format | Électronique |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. Issued also in HTML format. "Release date: June 17, 2021." Issued also in French under title: Le dépistage du cancer colorectal pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 : répercussions de l'interruption du dépistage et évaluation des stratégies pour rattraper les retards. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Information sur la publication | [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2021. ©2021 |
| Auteur / Contributeur | Yong, Jean H., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages) : graphs. |
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| Numéro de catalogue du ministère | 45-2800001 |
| Descripteurs | Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Canada -- Statistics. Rectum -- Cancer -- Canada -- Statistics. Medical screening -- Canada -- Statistics. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Health aspects -- Canada -- Statistics. |