Elizabeth Schafer

1 month ago | jamanetwork.com | Jessica Star |Robert Smith |Elizabeth Schafer

Cancer Screening 3 Years After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread disruptions in cancer screening that had not fully recovered as of 2021.1 Contemporaneously, early-stage cancer diagnoses decreased, contributing to an increase in the proportion of cancer diagnoses at a later stage.2,3 Ongoing monitoring of screening trends is important for informing return to screening programs.

Dec 11, 2024 | europeanurology.com | Elizabeth Schafer

KeywordsGlobal prostate cancerIncidence ratesMortality ratesTrendsWhat does this study add? This study provides the most recent 2022 GLOBOCAN estimates of prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates for 185 countries or territories, and temporal trends for incidence (50 countries/territories) and mortality (59 countries/territories) rates on the basis of high-quality, population-based data.

Feb 13, 2024 | adn.com | Elizabeth Schafer

As of Feb. 6, the snow on the sidewalks of Fireweed Lane still had not been cleared of snow from the storm that closed schools on Jan 29. And the State of Alaska Department of Transportation plows have deposited more snow on top of the sidewalks as they clear the street. On Feb. 6, I observed four separate students from Steller Secondary School walking in traffic on the roadway because the sidewalks are impassable.

Nov 16, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Elizabeth Schafer |Farhad Islami |Xuesong Han |Leticia M. Nogueira

CIs confidence intervals COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic 2019 NH AIAN non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native NH API non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander NH Black non-Hispanic Black NH White non-Hispanic White RR rate ratio SEER surveillance, epidemiology and end results 1 INTRODUCTION The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted delivery of healthcare services during 2020 in the United States, leading to a decrease in in-person primary care visits,1 cancer screenings,2...

Nov 9, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Leticia M. Nogueira |Elizabeth Schafer |Kewei Shi |K. Robin Yabroff

Key PointsQuestion  Were there changes in provision of cancer care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US? Findings  In this cohort study including 3 504 342 patients diagnosed with cancer, there was a significant decrease in the number of cancer treatments initiated during the first year of the pandemic compared with the expected given previous years’ trends.