Reduction in cancer screenings during COVID-19 pandemic leaves physicians concerned with delayed diagnosis and postponed treatment, according to a release from Riverside Health System. Physicians naturally worry about the patients they see who they know are sick, working to help them heal. But, in the COVID-19 era, Riverside physicians are equally worried about the patients they aren’t seeing, and more specifically the patients putting off recommended cancer screenings as a result of the pandemic, which could delay diagnosis and postpone potentially lifesaving treatments. According to the National Cancer Institute, it’s not just Riverside physicians who are concerned. Ned Sharpless, director of NCI, said that because people are postponing cancer screening measures like mammograms and colonoscopies, not only are fewer cancers getting diagnosed, but patient enrollments in clinical trials are also plummeting nationwide. One National Cancer Institute model predicts that more than 10,000 ad...