Doctors concerned over drastic decline in cancer screenings

[KSTP-TV News, July 02, 2021] Allina Health says mammograms are down by 27,000 from the end of 2019 versus the end of 2020. And cancer screenings are down 20% overall compared to 2019.

"We are starting to see some patients come back to the office, but we are not to where we were pre-pandemic, we are definitely not where we were pre-pandemic," said Dr. Christian Squillante with Allina Health Oncology.

"We are not seeing patients get checked for things like prostate, colon, breast cancer, which means we will catch patients at a less curable stage where we will not be able to do as much for them," Squillante said.

Posted on July 02, 2021 in cancer, lung cancer screening, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, breast cancer, Skin cancer