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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — According to the Indiana Department of Health from 2016-2020 there were over five thousand cases of breast cancer across the state and out of those were over 800 deaths. Just in 2020 alone, Michigan had over 7,000 cases diagnosed and over 1,400 deaths, according to Vital Statistics of Michigan.
During the pandemic mortality and cancer rates were on the rise due to the shutdown and lack of people visiting hospitals for reasons outside of COVID-19.
Andrew Maidment, Professor of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania says, "You saw a lot more cancers in general after the pandemic because we weren't screening for them. I mean, really, that shows the value of scre