The number of new cancer diseases and therapies decreased in 2020.
However, this was not due to the better health of the people, but to missed preventive medical check-ups.
Munich - For over a year, the topic of Corona * has determined the news and many other aspects of everyday life.
Many people are afraid of contracting the potentially deadly Sars-CoV-2 pathogen.
As a result, many have not even gone to their family doctor and let important examinations slip through.
Bavaria's Minister of Health, Klaus Holetschek (CSU *), is concerned about this development.
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Preventive examinations against cancer were not taken due to Corona
First of all, there was a positive development in the Corona year 2020 in terms of newly discovered cancers.
You went back.
And the number of cancer therapies also decreased.
According to experts, however, many people in the pandemic * neglected preventive measures and did not go to investigations, said Holetschek on Tuesday in Munich.
"It may be dangerous."
“Between January and September 2020, the number of new cancer cases diagnosed fell by three percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
In addition, four percent fewer therapies were carried out, ”explained the minister.
“If you look at the individual months, an alarming picture emerges.
In April 2020, the number of new cases registered fell by 18 percent, in May by 17 percent compared to the previous year. "
Urgent appeal to go to preventive medical examinations
The decline mainly affected new cases and operations at an early stage, where the chances of recovery are particularly high.
Holetschek therefore appealed urgently to take precautions against breast, colon, cervical, skin and prostate cancer.
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