In a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention, Geert Silversmit and colleagues from the Belgian Cancer Registry, analysed excess mortality in a Belgian cancer cohort during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. They observed considerable excess mortality in the Belgian cancer cohort, but found that the pattern of excess mortality was not markedly different from that observed in the general population.

The publication is available via https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/30/9/1615.