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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;16(11):615-617.
doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0252. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

The Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO) statement on the care of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nizar Bitar  1 , Joseph Kattan  2 , Hampig Raphael Kourie  2 , Deborah Mukherji  3 , Nagi El Saghir  3
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Editorial

The Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO) statement on the care of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nizar Bitar et al. Future Oncol. 2020 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; cancer patients; lebanon; oncology staff; recommendations.

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Financial & competing interests disclosure

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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