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. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2017267.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17267.

Changes in the Number of US Patients With Newly Identified Cancer Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Harvey W Kaufman  1 , Zhen Chen  1 , Justin Niles  1 , Yuri Fesko  1
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Changes in the Number of US Patients With Newly Identified Cancer Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Harvey W Kaufman et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2020927. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20927. JAMA Netw Open. 2020. PMID: 32910192 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines changes in the number of patients with newly identified cancer before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Kaufman and Fesko, Ms Chen, and Mr Niles reported being employed by and owning stock in Quest Diagnostics outside the submitted work.

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Figure.. Newly Identified Cancers, Baseline Mean and Weekly During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
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