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. 2020 Aug;81(2):e156-e158.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.011. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Cancer population may be paradoxically protected from severe manifestations of COVID-19

Oreste Gallo  1 , Luca Giovanni Locatello  1 , Pietro Orlando  1 , Federica Martelli  1 , Matteo Piccica  2 , Filippo Lagi  2 , Michele Trotta  3
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Cancer population may be paradoxically protected from severe manifestations of COVID-19

Oreste Gallo et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Cancer; Cytokines; Inflammation; Prognosis.

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