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Editorial
. 2022 May;23(5):e13628.
doi: 10.1002/acm2.13628. Epub 2022 May 8.

COVID-19, cancer post-pandemic risk, and the radiation oncology physicist

Mary Beth Allen  1
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Editorial

COVID-19, cancer post-pandemic risk, and the radiation oncology physicist

Mary Beth Allen. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 and cancer; cancer screening; cancer survival; long COVID; medical physicists; radiation oncology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The Author has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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