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Cancer Screening — Are We Slipping?

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
6 min readAug 6, 2022

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DID THE NATIONAL PREVALENCE OF COLORECTAL, BREAST, and cervix cancer screening change during the COVID-19 pandemic? I am sad to report that it did, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.

Americans had had health care disruptions beginning with the first quarter of 2020 when the novel coronavirus landed on our shores. In my clinical practice, it seemed that cancer screening services…

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com