Scientists believe that the coronavirus could drive increased rates of cancer, a connection they say is under-investigated. Viruses have been known to accelerate cancer since the 1960s.
READ MORE:Doctors across the US are reporting an alarming health trend in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
The pandemic forced people to isolate and put off preventative care measures that would screen for various types of cancers, out of fear of being infected. One couple he investigated were Bob and Bonnie Krall of Fort Mill, South Carolina, who in a 14 month period were diagnosed with three types of cancer between them despite having no family history of the disease.
Dr Kashyap Patel, a North Carolina oncologist, has treated patients in their 40s with rare and advanced cancers post-Covid Research into the links between Covid and cancer is relatively new, given the pandemic began only four years ago. A preprint released in April showed that when mice who had cancer previously but recovered were injected with the coronavirus, cancer cells multiplied and spread in the lungs.
Based on the study’s findings, measures adopted by vulnerable patients starting in the early days of the pandemic — wearing masks, avoiding crowded places, getting vaccines — become even more important.’
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