Up to 20,000 prostate cancer diagnoses could have been missed during the pandemic, research suggests

Up to 20,000 diagnoses of prostate cancer could person been missed during nan pandemic, investigation suggests.

Analysis of 24million diligent records since 2020 recovered tens of thousands of men person missed perchance life-saving crab diagnoses.

The study by nan University of Surrey and nan University of Oxford said location was 'unprecedented disruption' successful nan test of crab pinch a driblet successful urgent referrals from GPs, caused by difficulties accessing attraction and longer waiting times.

They analysed prostate crab incidence betwixt January 2015 and July 2023 utilizing information representing 40 per cent of nan country. This revealed a 31 per cent driblet successful diagnoses of prostate crab successful 2020 and 18 per cent successful 2021, returning to normal successful 2022.

When extrapolated crossed nan country, location were 19,800 less cases, according to nan findings published successful nan British Journal of Urology International.

Lead writer Dr Agnieszka Lemanska, of nan University of Surrey, said: 'Understandably, during nan pandemic, resources and attraction successful healthcare systems shifted towards preventing and managing nan virus.

'It is important that we study nan lessons from nan pandemic. However, to do this, we request to understand nan standard of really test rates were impacted during this time.'