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Early cancer diagnoses plummeted in England during Covid pandemic

Last modified on Wed 5 May 2021 18.40 EDT The number of people being diagnosed with cancer early in England has plummeted during the Covid pandemic, sparking fears that many will only be treated when it is too late to save them. Official figures show a third fewer cancers were detected at stage one, when the chances of survival are highest, in the early months of the pandemic than during the same months a year before. Cancer experts fear that the figures, which have been collected by Public Health England’s National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service, mean thousands of people have the disease but have not yet started treatment because of “a shift to later diagnosis”. They urged anyone with possible symptoms of the disease to get them checked out immediately.

Melanoma: I never realised something so small could be so serious

Melanoma: I never realised something so small could be so serious Fair-skinned Evelyn Byrne was immediately concerned when she noticed a dark spot on her shoulder. Though the shape didn’t fit the typical profile, it turned out to be melanoma Evelyn Byrne discovered she had melanoma last May during lockdown. Photographs: Moya Nolan Fri, 30 Apr, 2021 - 12:15 Helen O’Callaghan A midweek evening shortly after the first lockdown started, and Ballinteer-based Evelyn Byrne was still getting used to working from home. Married to Eoin and mum to six-year-old Conor, she works for a pension investment company. In a bid to cheer herself up and distract herself from the strangeness of lockdown, she headed to her bedroom to put on some fake tan.

By hiding the real number of Covid-19 cases and deaths, some Indian states are disempowering people

By hiding the real number of Covid-19 cases and deaths, some Indian states are disempowering people Three experts explain the consequences of data gaps for India’s pandemic response. On April 25, daily new Covid-19 cases rose to about 350,000 in India. | Narinder Nanu / AFP Daily new Covid-19 cases in India rose to over 3,50,000 on April 25, a day which saw 2,808 deaths. These are just the numbers we know. The numbers we do not know could be a lot more. We do not know how many more cases there could potentially be because of no testing, or because test results are not revealed. More tricky is assessing the number of Covid-19 deaths.

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