50,000 cancer operations were postponed due to Corona pandemic in Germany

50,000 cancer operations were postponed due to Corona pandemic in Germany

As a result of the Corona pandemic have been moved according to the German cancer aid in Germany, tens of thousands of cancer surgeries as well as diagnostic and screening measures. The Chairman of the Board Gerd Nettekoven, warned in the “Augsburger Allgemeine” from the Monday before potentially fatal consequences. The big worry of the cancer was that the shifts were not in all cases, the “medically acceptable”.

According to the Foundation estimated were some 50,000 cancer operations until mid-June. This is "a huge Zahl". Almost a quarter of the originally planned cancer surgeries have not taken place in this period. Also supportive measures for cancer patients, the psycho-social support to palliative care, whether in clinics, "extremely down gefahren" been.

The cancer would have been discovered, for example, patients whose breast cancer follow-up examinations postponed had been said Nettekoven. "Something like this can have fatal consequences." According to his information, the hospitals and doctor’s offices &quot slide;a large bow wave of moved therapeutic and diagnostic Maßnahmen" in front of it. This could "eventually, to life-threatening situations, for cancer patients führen".

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