Research on lockdown diagnosis delays and skin cancer deaths

Research by lecturer Kaustubh Adhikari and collaborators found that the proportion of people diagnosed with more advanced melanoma during Covid lockdown restrictions increased in Switzerland and Hungary.

The news was reported in The Guardian among other media outlets. Kaustubh said of the work:

Lockdowns are definitely necessary and useful in saving lives directly from Covid, but they have contributed to lives lost in an indirect way. And all of these should be thought about when making our pandemic preparedness strategies for the future.