The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of women—especially Hispanic women and those with lower incomes—to forgo breast and cervical cancer screenings in 2020, according to researchers.
The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of women—especially Hispanic women and those with lower incomes—to forgo breast and cervical cancer screenings in 2020, according to researchers from the American Cancer Society, who suggested obstacles such as financial difficulties and broader social and economic factors during the pandemic may have played a role in the reduced rates.
Breast cancer screenings decreased more among Hispanic, Asian and Native American women compared to white women, according to the study, which used survey data from the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The number of Asian and Pacific Islander women who reported completing a breast cancer screening also dropped by 27%, the largest decrease for any race.
Non-high school graduates were less likely than college graduates to complete breast and cervical cancer screenings, with a 17.7% decrease in cervical cancer screenings in 2020 for those who hadn’t completed high school compared to a 9.5% drop for college graduates.How these lower rates of screenings will affect potential cancer diagnoses and survival, according to Jemal, though researchers know cancer screenings save lives.
. Researchers have also found people of color are more likely than their white counterparts to be uninsured and encounter other barriers to accessing health care. Thestudy is the first to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cancer screenings on a national level using population-based data.
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