Increase in Breast Cancer Diagnoses After Pandemic-Related Screening Interruptions

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are beginning to examine the effects of the virus in the larger health-care sphere. This week, we'll review a report on an observed increase of breast cancer diagnoses in Italy after pandemic-related screening interruptions. We'll also discuss two FDA approvals that occurred over the past week for lymphoma and kidney cancer.

Coverage of stories discussed this week on ascopost.com:

Increase in Diagnosis of Node-Positive and Stage III Breast Cancer After Screening Interruption Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

FDA Approves Tivozanib for Relapsed or Refractory Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

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