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Comment
. 2020 Sep;25(9):e1423.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0296. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Oncologists' Perspective: When Cancer Encounters COVID-19

Zhaoya Gao  1 , Yong Yang  2 , Changmin Ding  1 , Pengfei Niu  1 , Wensheng Huang  1 , Fuming Lei  1 , Jin Gu  1   2
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Oncologists' Perspective: When Cancer Encounters COVID-19

Zhaoya Gao et al. Oncologist. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Considering that the course of the COVID‐19 pandemic remains to be seen, this letter to the editor considers that longstanding structural changes that may be required in oncology institutions.

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