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Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer represented 56.7% of all missing diagnoses. The diagnostic decrease in colorectal (\u201346.6%), prostate (\u201345%), and bladder (\u201343.6%) cancer was the most relevant among internal malignancies; for prostate, however, high-grade tumors were only moderately affected (\u201321.7%).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Diagnosis of cutaneous malignancies was mostly affected by the lockdown; among internal malignancies, corrective actions were mostly needed for colorectal cancer and invasive bladder cancer.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcp\/aqaa177","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,28]],"date-time":"2020-08-28T03:40:53Z","timestamp":1598586053000},"page":"64-68","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":79,"title":["Cancer Diagnostic Delay in Northern and Central Italy During the 2020 Lockdown Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"155","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0727-4015","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gerardo","family":"Ferrara","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale Marche\u2014Macerata General Hospital, Macerata, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ludovica","family":"De Vincentiis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale Marche\u2014Macerata General Hospital, Macerata, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Ambrosini-Spaltro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Azienda Unit\u00e0 Sanitaria Locale Romagna\u2014\u201cG. 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