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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;16(18):1225-1227.
doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0324. Epub 2020 May 1.

Telemedicine for cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic: between threats and opportunities

Ronaldo Elkaddoum  1 , Fady Gh Haddad  1 , Roland Eid  1 , Hampig Raphael Kourie  1
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Editorial

Telemedicine for cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic: between threats and opportunities

Ronaldo Elkaddoum et al. Future Oncol. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; telehealth; telemedicine; teleoncology.

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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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