According to the data, the COVID-19 pandemic strongly affected the number of screenings for breast cancer in Italy. Indeed, screenings decreased 37.6 percent in 2020 in respect to the previous year. This decrease was the greatest in the months from January to May, with an almost 54 percent decrease. This figure shows the percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period.
Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period
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AIRTUM onlus, & AIOM. (October 23, 2021). Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
AIRTUM onlus, und AIOM. "Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period." Chart. October 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
AIRTUM onlus, AIOM. (2021). Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
AIRTUM onlus, and AIOM. "Percentage Change in Breast Cancer Screenings before and during The Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by Time Period." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
AIRTUM onlus & AIOM, Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 02, 2025)
Percentage change in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in 2019 and 2020, by time period [Graph], AIRTUM onlus, & AIOM, October 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325807/change-breast-cancer-screening-before-and-during-covid-19-italy/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
