Abstract

Cancer Australia (CA), Australia’s national cancer control agency, aims to reduce the impact of cancer, address disparities and improve cancer outcomes. The approach to cancer care needs to be tailored to different phases of the pandemic and the multiple competing priorities driving healthcare. These include the likely increased risks to cancer patients of acquiring COVID-19 and of serious illness or mortality, the limitations of resources, the possibility of the healthcare system being overwhelmed and the risks of delaying cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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