COVID-19 pandemic - is virtual urology clinic the answer to keeping the cancer pathway moving?

Martin J Connor^{1

2}, Mathias Winkler^{1

2}, Saiful Miah³

Affiliations

¹ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
² Imperial Prostate, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Martin J Connor et al. BJU Int. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;125(6):E3-E4.

doi: 10.1111/bju.15061. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Martin J Connor^{1

2}, Mathias Winkler^{1

2}, Saiful Miah³

¹ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
² Imperial Prostate, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

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Comment in

Covid-19 and urology.
Dasgupta P. Dasgupta P. BJU Int. 2020 Jun;125(6):749. doi: 10.1111/bju.15104. BJU Int. 2020. PMID: 32472664 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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