Impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on cancer burden and cancer care in Slovenia: a follow-up study

Abstract

In Slovenia, cancer care services were exempt from government decrees for COVID-19 containment. Nevertheless, cancer control can be impacted also by access to other health services and changes in health-seeking behaviour. In this follow up study, we explored changes in cancer burden and cancer care beyond the first months after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Keywords

• cancer
• covid-19
• delay in diagnosis
• referral