UK facing ‘tsunami of missed cancers’ in wake of pandemic, experts say

UK nations saw largest falls in diagnosis of lung, breast, colorectal and skin cancers in 2020, figures show

The UK can expect a tsunami of missed cancers", leading experts have said, after an international study found that diagnoses fell sharply during the pandemic.

Preliminary figures from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, presented to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva, compared data on the instance and stage of cancer diagnosis in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and the UK, before and during the pandemic.