Cancer that went undetected during the pandemic an ‘impending disaster,’ specialists warn
Screening tests and diagnostic procedures for some cancers dropped off sharply during the first COVID-19 wave Leah Hendry · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 2 Cancer specialists are bracing for a wave of patients suffering from more advanced disease due to delays in both screening and diagnostic testing during the pandemic. About 60,000 […]
Missing cancer cases a worrying pandemic trend
Elizabeth PaynePublishing date:Feb 04, 2021 Fewer Canadians have been diagnosed with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years. Far from being something to celebrate, it is part of a global trend that is raising alarm bells. Across Canada, diagnoses are down by around 16 per cent overall and as much as 25 per […]
Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
BY MORGAN LOWRIE, THE CANADIAN PRESS Posted Feb 4, 2021 10:24 am PST MONTREAL, Italy — While the prospectof mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increase in cancer mortality rates. The pandemic caused a “dramatic” drop in […]
Richmond company looking for ‘holy grail’ in COVID-19 testing
A rapid COVID-19 saliva test could be used wherever crowds gatherMaria Rantanen / Richmond News A Richmond biomedical company is in a race to create a rapid, cheap and portable saliva test for COVID-19 to help open up the economy and give people more freedom to move. Rashid Bux — president and CEO of BioMark Diagnostics […]
Dr. Horacio Bach – receives major grant from CIHR for COVID-19 antibody development
An amazing show of public support for UBC disease researcher Dr. Horciao Bach, who has started his COVID-19 antibody development project. Dr. Horacio Bach is one of BioMark’s scientific advisors and is expert on antibody engineering. He has received a major grant from CIHR for COVID- 19 antibody development. More information can be found at […]
