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Editorial
. 2021 Apr;169(4):991-993.
doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.12.021. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Colorectal screening: We have not caught up. A surge of colorectal cancer after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic?

Alexandre Challine  1 , Andrea Lazzati  2 , Bertrand Dousset  3 , Thibault Voron  4 , Yann Parc  4 , Jeremie H Lefevre  5
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Editorial

Colorectal screening: We have not caught up. A surge of colorectal cancer after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic?

Alexandre Challine et al. Surgery. 2021 Apr.
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Cumulative incidence of colonoscopy and colorectal resection for cancer between years 2018, 2019, and January to October 2020.
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