Cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experience of a comprehensive cancer center performing preoperative screening by RT-PCR and chest CT scan.

Joanne GuerlainFabienne HarounAlexandra VoicuCharles HonoréFranck GriscelliStéphane TemamNadia BenmoussaPhilippe GorpheThierry de BaereSamy AmmariGabriel GarciaCorinne BalleyguierFrançoise RimareixSébastien GouyPhilippe SitbonBertrand GachotIngrid BreuskinStéphanie SuriaAntoine Moya-Plana

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)

Maintaining secure surgical activity is achievable and paramount in oncology care, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, with appropriate screening based on preoperative RT-PCR.

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