Lung Cancer Incidence, 2019–2020, United States: The Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Kava, Christine M. ; Siegel, David A. ; Sabatino, Susan A. ; Qin, Jin ; Richards, Thomas B. ; Jane Henley, S.
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  Cancer incidence declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in part due to health care delivery challenges. We examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in lung cancer incidence.
  
  Methods:
  
  We used 2019–2020 US Cancer Statistics data from 49 cancer registries covering 97% of the US population. We calculated the number of new lung cancer diagnoses in 2019 and 2020, age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rates per 100,000 persons, and 2019-to-2020 percentage changes in incidence rates. We also calculated number and percentage of new lung cancer diagnoses by month and stage at diagnosis.
  
  Results:
  
  The age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rate per 100,000 persons was 47.9 in 2019 vs. 41.4 in 2020—a 13.6% decrease. Differences in the percentage change in incidence rates were observed by age, race and ethnicity, US census region, histology, and stage at diagnosis. A higher percentage of people were diagnosed at distant stage in 2020 than 2019.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  This report provides new insight into subgroups that experienced the greatest decline in observed lung cancer incidence during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings can be used to inform intervention efforts to improve lung cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over COVID-19 Female Humans Incidence Lung Neoplasms Male Middle Aged Pandemics Registries SARS-CoV-2 United States Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Epidemiology Incidence Lung Neoplasms
• Source:
  Ann Epidemiol. 98:44-50
• Pubmed ID:
  39197807
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11387122
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  98
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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