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COVID-19 disrupted health care for other serious conditions. Now, physicians worry about the long-term consequences

from AAMC

COVID-19 disrupted health care for other serious conditions. Now, physicians worry about the long-term consequences AAMC When the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston paused cancer screenings in March to follow national guidance for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Therese Bevers, MD, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center, thought they would be able to reopen after a couple of weeks. Instead, the screening center was transformed into a COVID-19 testing site and the cancer screenings stopped for more than three months. Now, physicians are taking stock of the long-term impact that delaying standard care has had on non-COVID-19 conditions, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, and they are grappling with how to keep up that care while simultaneously dealing with the ongoing pandemic. READ MORE

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