Gastrointestinal Malignancies and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence-Based Triage to Surgery

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¹ Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India.
² Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India. drsantoshky@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India.

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Praveen Kumar R Bhat et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;24(11):2698-2699.

doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04796-z. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

¹ Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India.
² Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India. drsantoshky@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Nitte University, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, India.

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Gastrointestinal Malignancies and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence-Based Triage to Surgery.
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