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Discordance of COVID-19 guidelines for patients with cancer: A systematic review.

Pankaj Kumar GargPallvi KaulDeepti ChoudharyKiran Kalyan TuragaMahendra Pal SinghAjeet Ramamani TiwariVipin AroraNishant AgrawalBeate RauSai Yendamuri
Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)
This review was aimed to systematically evaluate the available literature on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer care and to critically analyze the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies suggested by various healthcare providers, societies, and institutions. Majority guidelines for various types of cancers favored a delay in treatment or a nonsurgical approach wherever feasible. These guidelines are based on a low level of evidence and have significant discordance for the role and timing of surgery, especially in early tumors.
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