Collected Item: “Cancer diagnosis rates go down!”
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Cancer diagnosis rates go down!
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I know I have presented a pretty eye catching and exciting title, but the fact of the matter is, they aren't going down. The amount of people who have cancer has not plummeted, as the title suggests. Rather, the statistics have gone down. As the article states, "new findings offer grim evidence of the consequences of delayed care: A rise in undetected cancers that, when eventually diagnosed, may be more advanced and difficult to treat." I think this is a great reminder that statistics are not the people they represent, and many things effect the numbers. This is relevant to my research on the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#ArizonaStateUniversity, #HST494, #healthcare, #consequences, #cancer
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-cancer-plummet-covid-experts-worse.html
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Sarah Gantz
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2021-04-11