Cancer Care Delivery Challenges in India during the COVID-19 Era: Are We Prepared for the Postpandemic Shock?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and SSK Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Indian Society of Clinical Oncology, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Oncoanaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Department of Clinical Oncology, Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Abhishek Shankar et al. Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 21;8(1):1-4.

doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_57_20. eCollection 2021 Jan-Feb.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and SSK Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Indian Society of Clinical Oncology, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Oncoanaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Department of Clinical Oncology, Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

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