Management of surgical lung cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in the financially and resource strained Greek health care system

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ Hematology-Oncology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Emmanouil I Kapetanakis et al. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;122(2):124-127.

doi: 10.1002/jso.25988. Epub 2020 May 23.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ Hematology-Oncology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; lung cancer; pandemic; thoracic surgery.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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