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Comment
. 2020 Apr:6:557-559.
doi: 10.1200/GO.20.00097.

COVID-19 and Cancer: Lessons From a Pooled Meta-Analysis

Aakash Desai  1 , Sonali Sachdeva  1 , Tarang Parekh  1 , Rupak Desai  1
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COVID-19 and Cancer: Lessons From a Pooled Meta-Analysis

Aakash Desai et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Apr.
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Random effects pooled prevalence of cancer among patients with COVID-19. PR, prevalence date.
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