Survival of Patients Diagnosed With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This cohort study found that individuals diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and 2021 experienced worse short-term survival than those diagnosed between 2015 and 2019, suggesting substantial harms associated with cancer care disruptions during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Haluk Damgacioglu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-4515)
- Krystle A. Lang Kuhs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1351-3927)
- Ashish Deshmukh
- T. C. Tucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5993-484X)
- Bin Huang
- Todd Burus
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Markey Cancer Center (US)
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Oncology
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.6332
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00