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Almost as many cancer cases were detected in September this year as in September 2019, according to new figures from the Regional Cancer Center. There has been an increase in detected cases since August this year and this is positive, says Lena Sharp, director of the Regional Cancer Center.
– This means that fewer Stockholm residents are suffering from undetected cancer and can receive proper care and treatment, it says in a press release.
Since the start of the pandemic Fewer and fewer people have sought care and cancer screenings stopped this spring. In August, 20 percent fewer cases were discovered than during the same period in 2019, which may have been an effect of the pandemic. The new increase in detected cases indicates that a good job has been done in health care, says Lena Sharp.
– The new figures show that care has been good at diagnosing symptoms and Stockholmers have heard the call to seek care when they have symptoms they do not recognize.
During the pandemic has In Stockholm a large number of planned operations have been canceled, but cancer care remains a priority. The press release indicates that the region’s cancer screening program is up and running again, but with adjustments for the pandemic.
The routines for visiting health centers have been modified to adapt the activities to the current situation with the increase in contagion. Among other things, it no longer has arrival times, but uses reserved times to avoid congestion in waiting rooms.
You also should Instead, prioritize patients who didn’t get help now in the spring.
The earlier decline in cancer cases detected during the summer may mean that many people today walk with undiagnosed cancer.
– We have more work to do, we prefer to find more cases than we usually do to compensate for the decrease at the beginning of the year, says Lena Sharp.
