Cancers detected at a later stage are often much more difficult to treat. A study led by Canadian researchers published in 2020 found that every month in delayed treatment leads to aMcGill University PhD student Mélodie Cyr was one of the numerous Canadians who had their care delayed due to the pandemic. Cyr was supposed to have a biopsy in spring of 2020 to check if the nodule on her throat was thyroid cancer.
That's when the first wave of COVID-19 hit. The day the biopsy was supposed to happen, her appointment was cancelled and she was told that thyroid cancer wasn't an urgent type of cancer.Cyr said she felt an incredible amount of stress while not being able to know whether or not she had cancer until she was able to reschedule her biopsy the following year. Doctors found a tumour and a month later, she was able to get the tumour removed.
"Thankfully, I had a lot of family and support around me. I did try to stay busy doing the things that I love and doing activities with my family," she said. "However, I did go through every day, feeling my neck because I was able to touch the bump. Edmonds says stories like Cyr's highlight the need for governments to put resources into a plan to address the delays in cancer care and the backlogs in the health-care system.
"Clearly, at this time, the priority is always going to be sorting out the pandemic, and we understand that. But equally, we're going to lose an estimated 85,000 people from cancer this year. So, we do need to maintain that cancer is a priority," he said.Parminder Dhaliwal, a pharmacy technician who works in the oncology pharmacy unit, prepares chemotherapy drugs at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
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