Op-Ed: The danger in postponing cancer screenings during the pandemic (via latimesopinion)
to urge the public to get the healthcare they need despite their fears of the coronavirus.
At USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine, we are reaching out to our patients, emphasizing the many precautions we’ve put into place to protect their health, such as mask wearing, social distancing and frequent sanitizing of surfaces. In an attempt to ease patients’ minds, we created videos in four languages — English, Spanish, Mandarin and Korean — and had oncologists address concerns that patients may have about cancer screenings or treatments during the pandemic.
Our community hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, is also offering discounted mammograms through October, Breast Cancer Awareness month, which may help those who have lost their jobs — and, as a result, their health insurance — during the pandemic.In the age of COVID-19, it’s important for people to make, and keep, their cancer screening appointments. The coronavirus is not going away any time soon — and neither is cancer.
Caryn Lerman is director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC. She also is the associate dean for cancer programs at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
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