
Cancer treatment shouldn’t be delayed due to COVID fear, says oncologist
The Hindu
‘Pandemic scare is making many patients postpone their visit to hospitals’
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected cancer care over the past two years. Cancer usually presents as a painless lump or ulcer. The absence of pain and the pandemic scare are making many patients postpone their visit to hospitals, says Suman Das, senior consultant radiation oncologist, Apollo Cancer Centre.
This is resulting in many patients getting diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease. The lack of pain in the early stages also makes patients think that there was no need to rush to the hospital for diagnosis.
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