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Editorial
. 2020 Jul;21(11):731-733.
doi: 10.2217/pgs-2020-0059. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Targeted therapies for cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a threat or a blessing?

Elissar Moujaess  1 , Hampig Raphael Kourie  1 , Joseph Kattan  1
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Editorial

Targeted therapies for cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a threat or a blessing?

Elissar Moujaess et al. Pharmacogenomics. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cancer; neoplasm; targeted therapy.

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