One in seven cancer patients globally had their operations postponed as a result of CCP virus restrictions, a new UK study has revealed. “Cancer surgery systems worldwide were fragile to lockdowns, with one in seven patients who were in regions with full lockdowns not undergoing planned surgery and experiencing longer preoperative delays,” researchers from the UK’s University of Birmingham said in a paper published in the journal Lancet Oncology. The researchers analysed data on surgeries for 15 common cancers across 466 hospitals in 61 countries, using data on more than 20,000 patients including more than 6,000 from the UK. They found that, during full CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdowns, 15 percent of the patients did not receive their planned operations due to a pandemic-related reason. This compared to 0.6 percent at times when there were “light restrictions only.” They concluded that “During current and future periods of societal restriction, …