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Excess Mortality in a Nationwide Cohort of Cancer Patients during the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Belgium.

Geert SilversmitFreija VerdoodtNancy Van DammeHarlinde De SchutterLiesbet Van Eycken
Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2021)
These results suggest that the susceptibility of prevalent cancer patients to COVID-19-induced mortality during the first wave of the pandemic was comparable with the general population.
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