Prostate cancer clinics hardest hit by Covid disruption

In April last, just 17 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer compared to 104 men in the same month the previous year. File picture

Rapid access clinics to diagnose prostate cancer were hardest hit by the disruption to health services in the initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic 10 months ago.

New research examining the impact of the pandemic on cancer services has found that fewer people were referred to or attended rapid access clinics for breast, lung and prostate cancers as the virus took hold in March last year.