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. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2023121.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23121.

Clinical Screening for COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Patients With Cancer

Manish A Shah  1 , Sebastian Mayer  1 , Francie Emlen  2 , Evan Sholle  3 , Paul Christos  4 , Melissa Cushing  5 , Manuel Hidalgo  1
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Clinical Screening for COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Patients With Cancer

Manish A Shah et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This quality improvement study examines the efficacy of a repeated testing protocol for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among patients with cancer.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Christos reported receiving grants from Clinical and Translational Science Center (1-UL1-TR002384-01) during the conduct of the study. Dr Cushing reported serving as a consultant for Octapharma and Instrumentation Laboratory outside the submitted work. Dr Hidalgo reported receiving personal fees from Inxmed, Agenus, Biooncotech, Takeda, Oncomatrix, and Sumitomo; research support from Bioexcell and Bioline; owning stock in Pharmacyte, Agenus, and Biooncotech; and serving as founder and owning stock in Nelum outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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