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Comment
. 2021 Jun;6(6):426.
doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00136-9.

Impairment of colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic

Serhiy Semenov  1 , Mohd Syafiq Ismail  2 , Deirdre McNamara  2
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Impairment of colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic

Serhiy Semenov et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests. SS and MSI contributed equally to this Correspondence.

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