Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on cancer stage distribution and time to treatment initiation using cancer registry data of the Swiss cantons of Zurich and Zug from 2018 to 2021
The observed effects on cancer outcomes in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2018/19 coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland in 2020 onwards. Short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on cancer outcomes and the public healthcare system were observed. However, we cannot exclude that the implementation of the new Swiss law on cancer registration in 2020 explains part of our observations.
Authors
- Dimitri Korol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-8038)
- Andreas N. WICKI (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-8080)
- Miriam Wanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0888-0690)
- Sabine Rohrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2215-1200)
- Flurina Suter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5302-2268)
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Prevention Institute (US)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-025-06140-x
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cancer Research UK
- Universität Zürich