Thousands of Unnecessary Lung Cancer Deaths Caused by COVID-19 Lockdown: UK Report

Thousands of Unnecessary Lung Cancer Deaths Caused by COVID-19 Lockdown: UK Report
Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds (C) speaks with medical staff during a visit to the new Cancer Centre of Milton Keynes University Hospital in Milton Keynes, England, on March 19, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Thousands of lung cancer patients may have died unnecessarily as a result of lockdown measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report has said.

In a report published on Thursday, the UK Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC) said that improvements in survival rates that were occurring before the pandemic are now in jeopardy.