Patients, doctors and advocates discuss the effects of the pandemic on cancer care

The COVID-19 pandemic presented huge challenges for people living with cancer. From delayed screenings to higher rates of advanced diagnosis to elevated risks for immunocompromised patients, this pandemic has forced people living with cancer and the health care workers who care for them to make difficult, life-changing decisions.

Wayne A.I. Frederick, MD, president of Howard University and a surgeon, and Meg Kinnard, an Associated Press politics reporter who is battling cancer, join The Post to the impact of the novel coronavirus on cancer and the path forward as the nation continues to navigate its way out of the pandemic.