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Potential ‘Massive Wave’ of Cancer from Avoiding Routine Medical Care


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2020 May 23, 3:15pm   387 views  2 comments

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A physician in Sacramento, California, said this week the cancellation of regular medical care during the coronavirus pandemic could yield a “massive wave” of cancer patients in the future.

In an interview with California Public Radio (CapRadio) Tuesday, Dignity Health thoracic surgeon Dr. Costanzo DiPerna said even though Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced in late April that hospitals and healthcare providers could resume some nonemergency medical care, many patients are still not scheduling appointments.

“Many patients are concerned about coming to visit us, to be screened for cancer, to be surveilled for their previous cancers we’ve taken out,” DiPerna explained.

From CapRadio:

What I’m concerned about right now, not just for lung cancer but for all cancers, is are there patients out there that don’t want to come in because they’re afraid of getting COVID-19? And, so, they avoid mammograms, they avoid cat scans, they avoid colonoscopies … Then in two years we’re hit with this massive wave of patients that are all at a later stage of essentially incurable cancers.

SEE: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/23/potential-massive-wave-cance-avoiding-routine-medical-care/

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1   CBOEtrader   2020 May 23, 4:45pm  

End the lockdown now to #flattenthecurve
2   AD   2020 May 23, 6:08pm  

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I see as far as not going for a semiannual or an annual check up and having a blood and urine panel test (ie.., white blood cell count, etc.).

This will at least point out if there is possible early stages of cancer if you have not already reported symptoms.

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