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Comment
. 2023 Jun:9:e2300108.
doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00108.

COVID-19 and Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Brazil: An Analogy to the Sinking of the Titanic

Ruffo Freitas-Junior  1 , Aline Ferreira Bandeira de Melo Rocha  1 , Henrique Lima Couto  1 , Jordana de Faria Bessa  1 , Linei Augusta Brolini Dellê Urban  1
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COVID-19 and Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Brazil: An Analogy to the Sinking of the Titanic

Ruffo Freitas-Junior et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Jun.
No abstract available

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Comparison of the percentage (%) incidence of stages III and IV breast cancer in women older than 50 years of age in the public and private sectors in Brazil between 2018-2019 and 2020-2021.
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  • Reply to R. Freitas-Junior et al.
    Resende CAA, Dienstmann R, Mano MS. Resende CAA, et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Jun;9:e2300147. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00147. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023. PMID: 37428992 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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