Cancer patient care during different war times; is the response too slow?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Electronic address: mariatolia@uoc.gr.
² Department of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
³ Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
⁴ Medical Oncology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
⁵ Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁶ First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Oncology Clinic, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
⁸ First Department of Radiology, Radiotherapy Unit, Aretaieion University Hospital, Medical School of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁹ Oncology Department, General Hospital of Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
¹¹ European Cancer Patient Coalition, Brussels, Belgium.

Editorial

M Tolia et al. ESMO Open. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;7(4):100557.

doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100557. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Electronic address: mariatolia@uoc.gr.
² Department of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
³ Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
⁴ Medical Oncology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
⁵ Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁶ First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Oncology Clinic, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
⁸ First Department of Radiology, Radiotherapy Unit, Aretaieion University Hospital, Medical School of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁹ Oncology Department, General Hospital of Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
¹¹ European Cancer Patient Coalition, Brussels, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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