Fears Over 1000 Missing Breast Cancer Treatments

Call for rapid diagnostic centres to be rolled out urgently

- Vivienne Aitken

Almost 1000 fewer women have received treatment for breast cancer since the coronavirus pandemic started.

The analysis, by Cancer Research, also shows that since the pandemic began, an estimated 3900 fewer people started treatment for all cancer types in Scotland, with breast cancer representing almost a quarter of these “missing cancers”.

There are also fears that progress in breast cancer research, which had made huge strides, could slow down due to the impact of the pandemic on cancer services and on funding for research.