Text descriptions and footnotes for the Road to Recovery: Cancer in the COVID-19 era report

Impacts on cancer diagnoses

PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF CANCER CASE BY MONTH, 2020 VS. 2015-2019 AVERAGE, ALL CANCER CASES COMBINED

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Note: Preliminary data from Quebec available only from April onward.
Source: Provincial cancer registries (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec)

PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF CANCER CASES BY MONTH, 2020 VS. 2015-2019 AVERAGE, FOUR MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCERS

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Note: Preliminary data from New Brunswick unavailable for this analysis. Data for Quebec available only from April onward.
Source: Provincial cancer registries (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec)

PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF CANCER CASES BY MONTH, 2020 VS. 2015-2019 AVERAGE, SCREENING AND NON-SCREENING CANCERS

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Note: Preliminary data from New Brunswick unavailable for this analysis. Data for Quebec available from April onward.
Source: Provincial cancer registries (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec)