Dr. Anthony Ciarolla represented OPN at the 2021 Becker’s Healthcare Oncology Forum this July. This discussion covered the influx of late-stage cancer diagnoses that providers are seeing as a result of delayed screenings and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Major takeaways from the conversation included discussion around the already growing long term effects of delayed testing and ended on a call to encourage patients to return to standard screening with considerations for COVID-19 protocols.
Becker’s Healthcare Oncology Forum addressed a variety of topics beyond how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted cancer screenings. It also covered how clinicians and researchers are redesigning the cancer patient journey, developing more sophisticated therapies and relying on cutting-edge technology to take cancer treatment to the next level. During this event, oncology leaders from top institutions gathered for high-level discussions about the industry and what will happen next.