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Assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected colorectal cancer screening rates and cancer staging relative to neighborhood deprivation levels.

The lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer screening modalities and staging by neighborhood-level deprivation

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Analysis of colorectal cancer screening trends in neighborhoods demonstrates growing disparities post-pandemic, suggesting needed interventions.

Assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected colorectal cancer screening rates and cancer staging relative to neighborhood deprivation levels.
Evaluated electronic medical records for CRC screenings from March 2018 to February 2023.
Identified screening types: colonoscopy, FIT, FOBT, and sigmoidoscopy.
Aggregated data by neighborhood social deprivation index across four time periods.
Utilized ANOVA for comparing screening volumes and chi-square tests for staging differences.
Initial drop in CRC screenings during March-May 2020, but stabilization afterwards with no significant average differences across periods (p=0.52).
Increased FIT screening, while colonoscopy rates declined over time.
Proportion of patients from high-SDI areas decreased significantly from 32.2% pre-pandemic to 28.9% post-pandemic year 2 (p=0.002).
Later-stage diagnoses rose during pandemic and post-pandemic year 1, reverting to baseline by year 2.

Romeiser et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Analysis of colorectal cancer screening trends in neighborhoods demonstrates growing disparities post-pandemic, suggesting needed interventions.

Assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected colorectal cancer screening rates and cancer staging relative to neighborhood deprivation levels.
Evaluated electronic medical records for CRC screenings from March 2018 to February 2023.
Identified screening types: colonoscopy, FIT, FOBT, and sigmoidoscopy.
Aggregated data by neighborhood social deprivation index across four time periods.
Utilized ANOVA for comparing screening volumes and chi-square tests for staging differences.
Initial drop in CRC screenings during March-May 2020, but stabilization afterwards with no significant average differences across periods (p=0.52).
Increased FIT screening, while colonoscopy rates declined over time.
Proportion of patients from high-SDI areas decreased significantly from 32.2% pre-pandemic to 28.9% post-pandemic year 2 (p=0.002).
Later-stage diagnoses rose during pandemic and post-pandemic year 1, reverting to baseline by year 2.

Romeiser et al. (2026) studied this question.

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